Sasselov Super Earth

In the book “The life of super earth”, Dimitar Sasselov, one of the expert astronomer discusses some of the major findings on investigations of the universe. Much of the research relates to investigations in the laboratory relating to synthetic biology and how it can lead to better understanding of alien life in other planets outside the solar system. The most interesting idea is Sasselov’s claim that super-earths have better chances of harboring life than earth-sized planets. Personally, I have been interested in studies that relate to investigations about alien life. Sasselov writes that lab tests here on earth could provide important information on the origins of life which would also help astronomers in their search for alien life and understanding extraterrestrial bodies. Thus, before scientists can understand extraterrestrial life, they have to understand the origins of life here on earth better through lab experiments. An interesting issue with the book is that it relates to discoveries made as of 2012 and thus it is …show more content…
Previously, Pluto was classified as a planet before being demoted to a dwarf planet. Several months later, NASA has announced another flyby of planet Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft expected to take place on the 4th of July this year. The spacecraft is expected to enter Jupiter’s orbit and circle the planet from a distance of about 5,000 kilometers. This marks another important milestone in astronomy as more information about the planet such as its origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere will be better understood. Scientists and all people all over the world will be waiting anxiously to for the flyby that will provide more information about Jupiter. As is the case with the book by Sasselov as noted earlier in the paper, such new knowledge on new discoveries must be adopted by the academic field as more discoveries are happening