Origin and Evolution of Life on Terrestrial Planets

Brack, A. and Horneck, G. and Cockell, C.S. and Bérces, A. and Belisheva, N.K. and Eiroa, Carlos and Henning, Thomas and Herbst, Tom and Kaltenegger, Lisa and Léger, Alain and Liseau, Réne and Lammer, Helmut and Selsis, Franck and Beichman, Charles and Danchi, William and Fridlund, Malcolm and Lunine, Jonathan and Paresce, Francesco and Penny, Alan and Quirrenbach, Andreas and Röttgering, Huub and Schneider, Jean and Stam, Daphne and Tinetti, Giovanna and White, Glenn J. (2010) Origin and Evolution of Life on Terrestrial Planets. Astrobiology, 10 (1), pp. 69-76. Mary Ann Liebert Inc.. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0374

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Abstract

The ultimate goal of terrestrial planet-finding missions is not only to discover terrestrial exoplanets inside the habitable zone (HZ) of their host stars but also to address the major question as to whether life may have evolved on a habitable Earth-like exoplanet outside our Solar System. We note that the chemical evolution that finally led to the origin of life on Earth must be studied if we hope to understand the principles of how life might evolve on other terrestrial planets in the Universe. This is not just an anthropocentric point of view: the basic ingredients of terrestrial life, that is, reduced carbon-based molecules and liquid H₂O, have very specific properties. We discuss the origin of life from the chemical evolution of its precursors to the earliest life-forms and the biological implications of the stellar radiation and energetic particle environments. Likewise, the study of the biological evolution that has generated the various life-forms on Earth provides clues toward the understanding of the interconnectedness of life with its environment.

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Article

Title:

Origin and Evolution of Life on Terrestrial Planets

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Authors ORCID iD
Brack, A.	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France.	UNSPECIFIED
Horneck, G.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Cockell, C.S.	Geochemical Research Group, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.	UNSPECIFIED
Bérces, A.	MTA-SE Research Group for Biophysics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.	UNSPECIFIED
Belisheva, N.K.	Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute, Kola Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russian Federation.	UNSPECIFIED
Eiroa, Carlos	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	UNSPECIFIED
Henning, Thomas	Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany.	UNSPECIFIED
Herbst, Tom	Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany.	UNSPECIFIED
Kaltenegger, Lisa	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.	UNSPECIFIED
Léger, Alain	Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.	UNSPECIFIED
Liseau, Réne	Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala, Sweden.	UNSPECIFIED
Lammer, Helmut	Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria.	UNSPECIFIED
Selsis, Franck	University of Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France	UNSPECIFIED
Beichman, Charles	NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.	UNSPECIFIED
Danchi, William	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Fridlund, Malcolm	Research and Scientific Support Department, ESA, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, the Netherlands	UNSPECIFIED
Lunine, Jonathan	Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona, USA.	UNSPECIFIED
Paresce, Francesco	Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy.	UNSPECIFIED
Penny, Alan	Space Science & Technology Department, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK.	UNSPECIFIED
Quirrenbach, Andreas	Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Röttgering, Huub	Leiden Observatory, Leiden, the Netherlands.	UNSPECIFIED
Schneider, Jean	Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Laboratoire de l’Univers et ses Théories, Meudon, France.	UNSPECIFIED
Stam, Daphne	SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands.	UNSPECIFIED
Tinetti, Giovanna	Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK.	UNSPECIFIED
White, Glenn J.	The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. and Space Science & Technology Department, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK.	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2010

Journal or Publication Title:

Astrobiology

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI :

10.1089/ast.2009.0374

Page Range:

pp. 69-76

Publisher:

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Organic molecules, Origin of life, Astrobiology, Radiation

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)

HGF - Program:

Space (old)

HGF - Program Themes:

W FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen (old)

DLR - Research area:

Space

DLR - Program:

W FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen

DLR - Research theme (Project):

W - Vorhaben Strahlenbiologie (old)

Location:

Köln-Porz

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Radiation Biology

Deposited By:

Kopp, Kerstin

Deposited On:

12 Apr 2010 13:28

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06 Sep 2019 15:23

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