Full Citation: Zahnle, K. J., and Carlson, R. W. (2020). Creation of a Habitable Planet. In Planetary Astrobiology (V. S. Meadows et al., eds.), pp. 505516. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068-ch001.
Abstract: Astrobiology is intended to be the science of life in the cosmos. When fully developed it will encompass the origins of life and all of lifes manifestations in the full variety of astrophysical environments in which it will be found. It is a big picture, but with one exception it is all future conditional. This is why one begins a book on planetary astrobiology with Earth: Earth is our only known role model for how to succeed in the cosmos. This chapter explores the processes involved in planet formation and which of them may play important roles in establishing the…
URL: https://doi.org/10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068