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
Not sure that’s the reason but bigger planet maybe means more mass, then more gravity. But I don’t see why life could find ways to develop with way more gravity, so the reason must be something else.
Maybe related to atmosphere
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