Scientists have discovered Gliese 12 b, an exoplanet similar in size to Venus and only 40 light-years away, with investigations ongoing to determine its atmosphere and potential to support life. In a rare and tantalizing discovery, astronomers have found an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years awa
Life walks a tightrope between order and chaos. Early life would struggle a lot to stay viable in such conditions. It would also be far harder for higher order life to evolve successfully. It would be too chaotic.
I don’t know. I’m thinking if you have one environment that’s cold, and one that’s hot, and interaction between them, then you have a cline extending between two extremes and therefore somewhere along that cline, you have the right amount of change for life to evolve.
It’s basically the mean value theorem or something like that.
Tons of violent change and flux sounds like great conditions for evolving life to me.
Life walks a tightrope between order and chaos. Early life would struggle a lot to stay viable in such conditions. It would also be far harder for higher order life to evolve successfully. It would be too chaotic.
I don’t know. I’m thinking if you have one environment that’s cold, and one that’s hot, and interaction between them, then you have a cline extending between two extremes and therefore somewhere along that cline, you have the right amount of change for life to evolve.
It’s basically the mean value theorem or something like that.