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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554262303321

Autore

Encrenaz Thérèse

Titolo

Planets and life / / Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux and Fabienne Casoli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : EDP Sciences, , [2021]

©2021

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Collana

Current Natural Sciences

Disciplina

523.01

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Formation of Terrestrial Planets -- Chapter 3. The Exploration of Terrestrial Planets -- Chapter 4. Venus, Earth and Mars: A Diverging Evolution -- Chapter 5. The Appearance of Life -- Chapter 6. The Development of Life on Earth -- Chapter 7. Life in the Solar System? -- Chapter 8. How to Search for Life on Rocky Exoplanets? -- Chapter 9. Conclusions: Some Future Directions in Exobiology -- Glossary -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The Earth is the only planet in the Solar System where liquid water is present on the surface, a condition that seems necessary for the development of life. Its sisters Venus and Mars are extremely different. Why did these three planets, born under fairly comparable conditions, evolve to the conditions we observe today? Understanding the physical or chemical factors that are at the origin of such divergent evolutions is a first step in an approach to the problem of the origin of life on Earth.