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In search of a second genesis of life: beyond Earth and Mars, to exoplanets
In search of a second genesis of life: beyond Earth and Mars, to exoplanets
By Frances Westall, geologist, astrobiologist, director of the exobiology group of the Centre for Molecular Biology in Orleans, president of the European Association of Astrobiology. Has life appeared on Earth only, or is it a "cosmic phenomenon", as thinks the Nobel laureate, Christian de Duve ? Can it appear everywhere or are there certain constraints? […]