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
Pressure and gravity basically you might only be able to exist as a tiny bacteria, also water planets may have difficulty with sunlight penetrating deep enough into the water to generate any light where the potential living organisms are – https://youtu.be/tz47XLhwtzQ
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