Planetary scientists expected the outermost layer of the crust of Earth’s hotter twin would grow thicker and thicker over time given its apparent lack of forces that would drive the crust back into the planet’s interior. But a team of planetary scientists from The Open University, NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Lunar and Planetary Institute new proposes a crust metamorphism process based on rock density and melting cycles.
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