Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life Lessons for Astrobiology /

• Main Authors: Gargaud, Muriel (Author), Martin, Hervé (Author), López-García, Purificación (Author), Montmerle, Thierry (Author), Pascal, Robert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Geobiology.; Evolutionary biology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Biogeosciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

- How did the Sun come into existence? - How was the Earth formed? - How long has Earth been the way it is now, with its combination of oceans and continents? - How do you define “life”? - How did the first life forms emerge? - What conditions made it possible for living things to evolve? All these...

Table of Contents:

• Formation of the Sun and the planets
• Formation and Early Childhood of the Earth
• Water, Continents and Organic Matter
• Intermezzo: Gestation of Life and its First Steps
• Late Bombardment
• Messages from the Most Ancient Terrestrial Rocks
• Diversification of Life on Planet Earth
• Exoplanets and habitability of planets
• Epilogue
• Classification of Rocks.