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We love our planet Earth. We should - it is our home, and there's no place like home. There can't ever be a better place than Earth.

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There is immense, powerful potential in life in this universe - especially now that we know that places like the Earth are common. And that potential, that powerful potential, is also our potential, of you and me.

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When we think of what is necessary for the phenomenon that we call life, we think of compartmentalization, keeping the molecules which are important for life in a membrane, isolated from the rest of the environment, but yet, in an environment in which they actually could originate together.

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Topics: Actually Call Could Environment Important Isolated Keeping Life Molecules Necessary Originate Phenomenon Rest Think Together Which

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Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.

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Topics: Child Compare Each Life Like Offspring Other Parent Universe

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The question we ask is - if there is life on other planets, should we expect it to be based on the same molecules, i.e. be universal - or should we expect it to depend on the local conditions, i.e. on the planet's geochemistry. So to find out, we try experiments on biomolecules, starting with such geochemistry conditions.

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Topics: Ask Based Conditions Depend Expect Experiments Find Life Local Molecules Other Out Planet Planets Question Same Should Starting Try Universal

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It feels great to discover a planet, just like any discovery in science, except that it has more of the feel of exploration - you can go back and look at it. However, I can never visit.

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Topics: Any Back Discover Discovery Except Exploration Feel Feels Go Great However Just Like Look More Never Planet Science Visit You I Can

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We do care about planets like the Earth because by now we understood that life as a chemical system really needs a smaller planet with water and with rocks and with a lot of complex chemistry to originate, to emerge, to survive.

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Topics: About Because Care Chemical Chemistry Complex Earth Emerge Life Like Lot Needs Now Originate Planet Planets Really Rocks Smaller Survive System To Survive Understood Water

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In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

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Topics: Change Lifetimes Occurs Our Rare Science

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Life is extremely resilient once it takes hold, but it requires rich chemistry, large energy sources, and stability, right from the beginning. The comparative planetology of our solar system makes it seem like those initial conditions are hard to come by.

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Topics: Beginning Chemistry Come Comparative Conditions Energy Energy Sources Extremely Hard Hold Initial Large Life Like Makes Once Our Requires Resilient Rich Right Seem Solar Solar System Sources Stability System Takes Those

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Ocean planets might be very common in the universe because water is very common in the low-temperature environments where planets form and evolve. This might be especially true for super-Earths, which can retain volatiles more easily thanks to their larger mass and surface gravity.

~Dimitar Sasselov

Topics: Because Common Easily Environments Evolve Form Gravity Larger Mass Might More Ocean Planets Retain Surface Thanks True Universe Very Water Where Which

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Type: Scientist

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