Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life beyond Our Solar System by Michael E. Summers & James Trefil

Author:Michael E. Summers & James Trefil [Summers, Michael E.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781588345943
Publisher: Smithsonian
Published: 2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

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KEPLER 186F

SUPER EARTH, ARCHIPELAGO WORLD

It is often said that all the conditions for the first production of a living organism are now present…in some warm little pond.

Charles Darwin, letter to J. D. Hooker, 1871

Near the horizon, a small sun sinks, casting a reddish glow over the landscape. The land is low and flat, its lagoons and pools interspersed with muddy banks. Behind us flattened plants stand, their black leaves capturing what energy they can from the faint sun. The breeze seems to move the heavy atmosphere past us, and we seem heavy, too. Welcome to Archipelago World.

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