Dimitar Sasselov Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Dimitar Sasselov quotes and sayings page 2 (scientist). These are the last 6 out of 16 quotes we have.

“Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.”

“Super-Earths are how we call a family of planets... up to two times larger and about ten times more massive than the Earth.”

“Ocean planets might be very common in the universe because water is very common in the low-temperature environments where planets form and evolve. This might be especially true for super-Earths, which can retain volatiles more easily thanks to their larger mass and surface gravity.”

“People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have reached at least our level of technological development.”

“There is immense, powerful potential in life in this universe - especially now that we know that places like the Earth are common. And that potential, that powerful potential, is also our potential, of you and me.”

“When we think of what is necessary for the phenomenon that we call life, we think of compartmentalization, keeping the molecules which are important for life in a membrane, isolated from the rest of the environment, but yet, in an environment in which they actually could originate together.”

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