I was just reading this article and this sentence stood out.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49648746
“Water has been detected on other planets but they have been either too big or too hot to support life.”
The hot bit is obvious but how might a planet being too big affect its ability to support life?
In: Physics
I think a better wording would be “unlikely to support higher life”. That’s enough for us to rather focus our efforts on more likely candidates.
Sure, I could find a lost penguin in the Sahara desert, but it’s not the smart place to look until all other places has been searched.
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