Definition of hydrothermal vent
: a fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid-ocean ridge from which mineral-rich superheated water issues
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Huge icy jets several hundreds of miles high erupt from the moon and are likely associated with hydrothermal vents in the moon's core.
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Huge icy jets several hundreds of miles high erupt from the moon and are likely associated with hydrothermal vents in the moon's core.
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On the one hand, hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor of Earth can support thriving communities of living organisms, from microbes to tube worms and even crabs.
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With ice on the outside, a core on the inside, and an ocean in touch with this core, some of these worlds started to look a lot like the bottom of Earth’s ocean, where life thrives near hydrothermal vents.
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This is not an idea many people take seriously at the moment: the smart money on life’s origin these days puts it in deep ocean hydrothermal vents, not tidal pools.
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Huge icy jets several hundreds of miles high erupt from the moon and are likely associated with hydrothermal vents in the moon's core.
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Huge icy jets several hundreds of miles high erupt from the moon and are likely associated with hydrothermal vents in the moon's core.
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Huge icy jets several hundreds of miles high erupt from the moon and are likely associated with hydrothermal vents in the moon's core.
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First Known Use of hydrothermal vent
1975
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