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ReviewSpace science reviews2026

Exo-Geoscience Perspectives Beyond Habitability.

Tilman Spohn, Aki Roberge, M J Way, João C Duarte, Francesca Miozzi, Philipp Baumeister, Paul Byrne, Charles H Lineweaver

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Review in Space science reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Rocky Planets as Heat Engines.Space science reviews · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tilman SpohnInstitute of Space Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9322-6660
Aki RobergeAstrophysics Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2989-3725
M J WayNASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3728-0475
João C DuarteInstituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7505-3690
Francesca MiozziEarth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8926-4122
Philipp BaumeisterDepartment of Earth Sciences, FU Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9284-0143
Paul ByrneDepartment of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5644-7069
Charles H LineweaverPlanetary Science Institute, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2047-1558

Funding

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHYZ01CT000002 · CIT · COMPUTER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY · PI BAILEY, JAMES J. · 1985 to 2003
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Intramural NIH HHS Z01 CT000002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reviews the emerging field of exo-geoscience, focusing on the geological and geophysical processes thought to influence the evolution and (eu)habitability of rocky exoplanets. We examine the possible roles of planetary interiors, tectonic regimes, continental coverage, volatile cycling, magnetic fields, and atmospheric composition and evolution in shaping long-term climate stability and biospheric potential. Comparisons with Earth and other planets in the Solar System highlight the diversity of planetary conditions and the rarity of conditions relevant to life. We also discuss contingency and convergence in planetary and biological evolution as they relate to the spread of life in the universe. The observational limits of current and planned missions are assessed, emphasizing the need for models that connect internal dynamics to detectable atmospheric and surface signatures as well as the need for laboratory measurements of planetary properties under a wide range of conditions. The large number of exoplanets promises opportunities for empirical and statistical studies of processes that may have occurred earlier in Earth's history, as well as for the other pathways rocky planets and biospheres may take. Thus, exo-geoscience provides a framework for interpreting exoplanet diversity and refining strategies for detecting life beyond the Solar System.

Indexed as

Atmosphere and oceansHabitabilityLife detectionMagnetic fieldsPlanetary interiorsRocky exoplanets

Identifiers

PMID41550245
PMCPMC12804257

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