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Astrobiology
Lesson8Discussion
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Astrobiologyinanutshell
AcompletecourseinAstrobiologydealswiththefollowingitems:
- Ancientideas,Copernicanrevolu?on,Enlightenmentvsreligion- LifebeyondtheEarth,- LifeinthesolarsystemvslifeintheUniverseasawhole.- Fundamentalques?onsconcerningtheoriginandevolu?onoflife
onEarthandtheimplica?onsforlifeintheUniverse - WhereandhowdowesearchforlifeoutsidetheEarth?- IntelligentLife(SETI)
Butmostimportant:Whyshouldwebeinterestedin“LifeintheUniverse?”AOerall,WealreadyknowthatlifeexistintheUniverse!Sowhatisthebigdeal?(Actualquote)
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Well....
• Dowehaveneighbors?Itisinteres?ngifsomebodylivesacrossthehallway....
• WedonotknowhowlifearoseonEarth....• Wasitaneasyprocess–andthereforealikelyoutcomeofthecondi?ons?
• Orwasitadifficultprocess–andthereforeunlikelytohappen
• Astrobiologyisanewscience–thisishowitestablishitself?
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ArewealoneintheUniverse?
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The birth of the belief in other worlds
“Thereareinfiniteworldsbothlikeandunlikethisworldofours…withlifelikaandunlike”Epicurus(c300BC)
“…falseanddamnable…”G.Galiliei(born1564)
“Therearecountlesssunsandcountlessearthsallrota?ngaroundtheirsunsinexactlythesamewayasthesevenplanetsofoursystem…ThecountlessworldsintheuniversearenoworseandnolessinhabitedthanourEarth”GiordanoBruno,1584inDeL'infinitoUniversoEMondi
ButAristotelearguedthatthiswasNOTthecase
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Today
• “Some?mesIthinktheUniverseisfulloflifeandsome?mesIdonot.Eitherwayisequallyamazing”–ArthurC.Clarke
• “Theremustbebillionsandbillionsofworldswherelifearose.Some?mesIthinkthereisanEncyclopediaGalac?caouttherewhichwehavenotyetbecomepartof....”–CarlSagan
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Thishasledtotheaskingof‘BigQues?ons’like....
“WhatistheuniquenessofourownEarth?”
“Arewe(lifeforms)alone?”
“Whatisourpast&future?”-Theforma?onofplanets-Theevolu?onofplanetarysystems
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Cosmic Vision is centered around four Grand Themes: 1. What are the conditions for planet formation and
the emergence of life?
• From gas and dust to stars and planets
• From exo-planets to biomarkers
• Life and habitability in the Solar System
2. How does the Solar system work?
3. What are the Fundamental Physical Laws of the Universe?
4. How did the Universe originate and what is it made of?
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Cosmic Vision is centered around four Grand Themes: 1. What are the conditions for planet formation and
the emergence of life?
• From gas and dust to stars and planets
• From exo-planets to biomarkers
• Life and habitability in the Solar System
2. How does the Solar system work?
3. What are the Fundamental Physical Laws of the Universe?
4. How did the Universe originate and what is it made of?
First: In-depth analysis of terrestrial planets. Next: Understanding the conditions for star & planet formation, and the origin of life. Later: Census of Earth-sized planets, exploration of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Finally: Image terrestrial exoplanet.
Therealisa?onthatforthefirst?meinhistorywecandomorethanspeculate
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LifebeyondtheEarth?
• Thereisagreatgeneralinterestintheques?on:– Viz.Films,TV,UFO’s,PersistentrumoursaboutArea51,etc.
• Butalsoscien?stsareinterestedforanumberofreasons:– WedonotreallyknowhowlifearoseontheEarth– WedonotknowwhattheroleoflifeintheUniverseis– Wedonotknowmanyoftheevolu?onarystagesonEarth
• ItisclearthatthediscoveryofanykindoflifeoutsidetheEarthwouldhaveanenormousimpact
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LifebeyondtheEarth?
• Sowhatarewegoingtolookfor:– TheintelligentlifeportrayedinfilmslikeStartrek?Orourselves?
– Giraffes,PlatypusorHamsters?– Simpleonecellularlifelikethatinhabi?ngourEarthformostofitshistory?~4Gyrs
• Alloftheabove–ThehistoryoflifeonourEarthmakesthatclear.Modeledonourownexperience
• Caveat:Somehowwewillhavetoaddresstheques?onthatlifecouldbeverydifferent(Oblivion)
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Astrobiology
• SoAstrobiologyisthestudyoftheorigin,evolu?on,distribu?onandfutureoflifeinthewholeUniverse
• Howcanitbeaddressed?– BystudytheeventsthattookplaceontheEarth,bysearchingforsignsoflifeontheplanetsintheSolarSystem,bysearchingintherestoftheUniverse
– ByusingcrossdisciplinarymethodsincludingeverythingfromgeophysicstoSETI
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Astrobiologyisanewscience-howdoesitestablishitself?
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Astrobiology
• Byclarifying,eventually,oneofthegreatques?ons:ArewealoneintheUniverse?
�Bydemonstra?ngitsvaluetounderstandlifeonEarthanditsevolu?on
� Bydemonstra?nghowwecanunderstandthepastandfutureevolu?onoftheSolarSystem
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LifebeyondtheEarth?
• ButtheissuesarecenteredwhenconsideringlifeontheEarthitselfanditsorigin
• WedonotknowwhenorhowlifearoseonEarth• Weknowverylikleabouttheevolu?onoflifeforthefirst~4Gyrs
• WedonotknowwhyaOer~4Gyrwehadthe“CambrianExplosion”leadingtoallphylathatexistonEarthtoday
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Howcansciencehelpusanswerthefundamentalques?onsconcerningwherelife
comesfromandhowitisformed?
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FirstweconsiderlifeontheEarth?
• Threeimportantques?ons:• Whatislife?• WhendidlifebeginontheEarth?• AndhowdidlifeariseontheEarth?
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Whatislife(Clausius,1865)
• Clausiusformulatedthefirsttwolawsofthermodynamics
• 1:TheenergyoftheUniverseisconstant• 2:Theentropy(degreeofdisorder)oftheUniversetendstoamaximum
• Boltzmanspeculated:“Thegeneralstrugglefortheexistenceofanimatebeingsisnotastruggleforrawmaterials,norforenergy,butfornega4veentropy,availablebythetransi?onofenergyfromthehotSuntothecoldEarth
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WhatislifeSchrödinger’sparadox(1944)
• Inaworldgovernedbythe2ndlawofthermodynamicsisolatedsystemsareexpectedtotendtoastateofmaximumdisorder.
• Lifeapproachesandmaintainsahighlyorderedstate–doesthisviolatethe2ndLaw.Aparadox?
• Lifeisnotanisolatedsystemènoparadox.Whynot?• Theincreaseoforderinsideanorganismiscompensated
morethanenoughbytheincreaseindisorderoutsidethisorganism.Thehighlyorderedstate,issustainedbycausinganetincreaseindisorderintheUniverse.
• ThecomplexityonEarthcausedbyliferequiresenergymostlyprovidedbytheSunandsupernova(radioac?vity)èincreasesentropymorethanlifediminishit
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WhatislifeSchrödinger’sparadox(1944)
• Soweliveincloseconnec?onwiththeUniverseandnotseparatefromitinanyway
• LaterwewillseethisagainwhendiscussingphotosynthesesandhowthisconnectlifeonEarthwiththeSun
• IstheUniverseintendedforlife?ThisisabigissueinCosmology
• ParallelUniverseswithdifferentnaturallaws(aninfiniteamount)solvethisissue
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Abriefhistoryoflife
• AlllifeonEarthisprobablyrelatedandgoesbacktoa“firstcell”~4Gyrsago
• Theoldestfossilsareprobably(thestromatolites)simpleone-cellularwithnonucleus(~3.5Gyr).Procaryotes
• 2Gyrscellswithanucleusevolved.Eucaryotes• Mul?cellularlifeareknownfrom650–542Myrsago.The
firstsignsarefossilisedtracksofwormlikelife• 542MyrCambrianexplosion(TheBurgessshale)• Organismswithshellsand(exo-)skeletonsappear• FirstVertebrates(488-416MyragoOrdovicium),Jawlessfish
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Abriefhistoryoflife
• Firstplantsonlandnotlaterthan444-416Myrago(Silur)• Firstfrogs416-359Myrago(Devon)• Firstmammals251-200Myrago(Trias)• Firstprimates(endofCretaceus)66Myrago• Separa?ngfromourcousins(Chimpanzees)7-6Myrago• HomoErectus~1Myr–143Kyrago• HomoHeidelbergiensis(thebrightestofthelot),
Neanderthalensis,Denisovans800Kyr–40Kyr• HomoSapiens200Kyr-.....
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Observations of forming stars demonstrate that this happens in dense clouds of atomic and molecular gas observed in the Milky way and other galaxies
Inordertohavelife,wefirstneedaplanet
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Observa?onsshowforma?ononbothgalac?c
Stars, planets and the Interstellar Medium (ISM)
andintergalac?cscales
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As far as we know, life must begin with complex organic molecules
The Interstellar medium – the cradle of Planets and life(?)
Such molecules can form on a planetary surface but also in interstellar space
~ 10% of the (visible) mass of the Galaxy consist of gas and dust between the stars and half of this mass is in molecular form
Significant amounts of this gas is found in dense clouds and these are the precursors of stars and planets
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Stars and planets thus form embedded in a gas consisting partly of organic molecules – i.e. Molecules built with Carbon atoms
The Interstellar medium – the cradle of Planets and life(?)
Molecules similar to nucleotides, fatty acids, carbohydrates and amino acids
è Prebiotic molecules are found all over the universe
But processes forming interstellar molecules are different from those occurring on the Earth
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The Interstellar medium – the cradle of Planets and life(?)
Buckminster-Fullerene C60 Crab supernova remnant (1054 A.D.), creating heavy elements, ejecting them into interstellar medium
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Starsforminclusters
• Mostmolecularcloudscontainbetween104and>106solarmassesofgas.
• Thereisthusenoughtoformalargeamountofstarsineachcloud
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In the interstellar gas are found Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Consist only of Carbon and Hydrogen in multiple rings
The Interstellar medium – the cradle of Planets and life(?)
It has been observed that PAH’s in space transform through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation è Organics
è Formation of amino acids and nucleotids è may form è Proteins and DNA respectively
But most important è ISM leads to Stars and planets
We know about 145 different molecules that have been detected (almost exclusively in the micro wave region – mm and sub-mm λ) in the interstellar medium
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• Firststeptowardslifewastheforma?onoftheEarth• Condi?onsonEarthatforma?onareimportanttotrytoformapictureofhowlifefirstappeared
• Thestar?ngpointwasadensemolecularcloudconsis?ngofgasanddust
• Rela?velyhighdensity• Rota?ng–containingangularmomentum• Contrac?ng–conver?ngpoten?alenergytokine?cenergy
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• Theaccre?nggasformedadiskofvaryingcomposi?on• Forma?onofclumps• Metalrichelementsformedgrainsofiron,nickel,refractorymaterialsininnerpart
• Grainsconsis?ngoficesfurtheroutbeyond‘snowline’• Metalsoriginateinstellarwindofredgiantstarsandin
supernovaexplosions• Supernovamaybepartofprocessstar?ngcollapseofdenseISMclouds
• TheSunbecamehokerandhoker• Highdensity• Rota?ng–containingangularmomentum• Contrac?ng–conver?ngpoten?alenergytokine?cenergy
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• AngularmomentumandEnergywasconserved• Fasterrota?on• Highertemperature• Concentra?ontocenter(99.8%ofmass)èForma?onoftheSun
• TheSunwasnowaT-Tauristar.Variable.Finally,contrac?onèdensityandtemperatureinthecenterarehighenoughfornuclearreac?onstobegin.
• Largeamountsofenergyreleased• Contrac?onbalancedbyreleaseofnuclearenergyHèHe• Sunbecomesstableandthesolarsurfacebecomescooler(~25%coolerthantoday)è“faintyoungSun”.
• TheSolarradia?onbecomeseventuallystrongerbecausetheSun(itscore)becomesmorecompressedandhokerasthecenterisfilledwithHe
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• Theclumpsinthesurroundingdisknowformtheplanets.• Clumpsmergeandcontractgrainsèpebblesèbouldersèplanetesimalsèplanets
• TheEarthnowbecameveryhot(1000K?)throughcontrac?onandsolarradia?on
• Toohightemperatureforicesandothervola?lesatEarth’sdistancefromtheyoungSun
• EarthandinnerplanetsforminaregionwithFe,Ni,simpleminerals(refrac?ve)asSiOandMgOçèJustasmallfrac?onofgasdiskmass
• Furtherout(beyondthe“snowline”)planetsformfromH,He,Ne,H2O,moleculeswithC,Nformlargerplanets(moregaseousmaterialpresent)
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• Timeframeafew?mes107years(?)• Manymoreplanetsformed–someejected,somemergedwiththeSun?
• Dynamicalinterac?onbetweenlargeplanets• Voidsandlargeaggregatesofsmallplanetesimalsinteractandcollide
• E.g.The“Nicemodel”• TheNicemodelisascenarioforthedynamicalevolu?onof
theearlySolarSystem• Itsuggeststhatthemigra?onofthegiantplanetsfroma
morecompactarrangementaOerthedissipa?onofthegasinthesystemleadeventuallytothecurrentconfigura?onwhichisstableofmanybillionsofyears
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• TheNicemodel• FormulatedbyMorbidelli,Leavisonandco-workers(2006)
• Dynamicalcalcula?onsexplainhistoricaleventslike
• theLateHeavyBombardment(+800Myr),• ThechangeofplacesofNeptuneandUranus(+1Gyr)• theforma?onoftheOortcloud• Theforma?onoftheKuiper-Edgeworthbelt• Theforma?onoftheJupiterandNeptuneTrojans• Theforma?onofthetrans-NeptunianObjects(Pluto,etc)
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• TheNicemodel
Simulation showing the outer planets and planetesimal belt: a) early configuration, before Jupiter and Saturn reach a 2:1 resonance; b) scattering of planetesimals into the inner Solar System after the orbital shift of Neptune (dark blue) and Uranus (light blue); c) after ejection of planetesimals by planets
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• Theforma?onofEarth’sMoon• TheMoonisthoughttohaveformednearly4.57billionyearsago,not
longaOerEarth• ThereareseveralhypothesesbutmostacceptedisthattheMoonformed
fromdebrisoftheimpactonEarthbyaMarssizedbody
This has been observed recently in the case of HD172555
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Theforma?onoftheSunandPlanetsintheSolarSystem
• Intheouterreachesofthesolarsystemlargenumbersofsmallbodies(totalmassisratherlow)areformedandprobablyejectedhalfwaytotheneareststars(Oortcloud,containingprimoridalmaker)
• ThesebodiesconsistofH,He,H2OandCH4.• Therightenvironmenttoformpre-bio?ccompoundswithO,CandN
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
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Theevolu?onoftheyoungEarth
• TheyoungEarthwasbuiltbyminerals(fromdustgrains).• Originallyitwasveryhotonthesurface(~1000K)buteventuallythe
gravita?onalcontrac?onalongwiththeheatfromradioac?veheavymetalsheatedthecentralparts
• Thesebecameelas?candeventuallyfluidsuchasitistoday.AllheavyelementschieflyFeandNisanktothecenterandformedacoreèIncreasedthetemperature.
• Con?nentalplatesmayhaveformedearly(solidrockfloa?ngonanelas?cmedium)
• Remnantsoftheforma?onoftheSolarSystemcollidedregularlywiththeplanetsandbroughtsubstancesthatdidnotexistoriginallyinourpartofthesolarsystem(WaterandCarboniccompounds)
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Further(possible)evolu?onoftheyoungEarth
• PartoftheancientEarthwouldhavebeendisruptedbytheimpactcrea?ngtheMoonwhichshouldhavecausedmel?ngofoneortwolargeareas.Presentcomposi?ondoesnotmatchcompletemel?nganditishardtocompletelymeltandmixhugerockmasses
• However,afairfrac?onofmaterialshouldhavebeenvaporizedbythisimpact,crea?ngarockvaporatmospherearoundtheyoungplanet.Therockvaporwouldhavecondensedwithintwothousandyears,leavingbehindhotvola?leswhichprobablyresultedinaheavyCO2atmospherewithHandH2O
• Liquidwateroceansexisteddespitethesurfacetemperatureof230°CbecauseoftheatmosphericpressureoftheheavyCO2atmosphere(60bar)
• Ascoolingcon?nued,subduc?onanddissolvinginoceanwaterremovedmostCO
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Geological?ming
• Howcanwedatethestagesintheearlyevolu?onofourplanet?• Mainlyusingradioac?ves.MostlytheUranium-Leadchainofdecay• TheUranium-Leadradiometricda?ngschemetodayèanerrormarginin
rocksthat<twoMyrin21/2Gyr• TherearenorocksonEartholderthan3.8Gyr.Butwhenoneanalyse
Zircon(ZrSiO4crystals)adifferentresultemerges.ZrincorporatesUinitscrystalsbutrejectlead
• Twochains:1)from238Uto206Pb,withahalf-lifeof4.47Gyrsand2)from235Uto207Pb,withahalf-lifeof704millionyears.
• ThisgivesanageoftheEarth’sZrcrystalsof4.4Gyrs• TheMoonislesschangedthantheEarthè4.57Gyrwhichissimilarto
meteoritesorigina?ngintheasteroidbelt
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Geological?ming
• WethereforedividetheearlyphasesoftheEarth’shistoryinto• 1.Hadeanfromthebeginningun?l~3.8Gyr• 2.TheArcheanfrom3.8Gyrun?l~2.4Gyr• TheLunarlandingsinthe1970:?esbroughtin-situmeasurementsofthe
Moon.Itwasfoundthatthe“Mare”thelargelavaplainsontheMoonwereallformedbyheavycollisions~4Gyrsago.Theconclusionwasthatanumberofbodies>100kmindiametercollidedwiththeMoonduringthisepoch(seetheNicemodelforexplana?on)
• TheEarth,beingbigger,musthavebeenhitmuchmoreandeachcollisionislargeenoughsothatmostoftherockssurfaceoftheearthwouldhavemeltedoreventurnedintogas.MostofthewatermusthaveturnedintosteamèTheimplica?onsforlifeifithasformedalreadyarenotgood.
• Theseinterpreta?onsarenottotallyaccepted!• Whatisclearisthatrocksdatedat3.8Gyrsdemonstratethatthe
collisionsceasedthen.
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StructureoftheyoungEarth
TheearlyphasesoftheEarthwasviolentevenwhenthebombardmenthadceasedMajor movements in the crust, tectonics, as well as severe volcanic activity
Large amounts of radioactivity è heating + contraction + latent heat left from the merger of the planetesimals. + the bombardment
This led to a stratification that remains to this day
Crust (~ 35km – thinner under the oceans, thicker under land) + Mantle (3000km) consisting of MgO+ Core (Fe+Ni) down to 6400km
Under the mantle is the Magma which is liquid
Volcanic activity takes place at the border between different tectonic plates, where magma can reach the surface
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Tectonicplates
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TracesofearlylifeonEarth
• WecannotreallyexpecttofindtracesofthefirstlifeonEarthsinceitwasverysimpleandprimi?veandourplanethavebeenre-cycled
• Earlyevolu?onappear,however,tohaveproducedmicroorganismsthatusedSunlightgavetracesinthefossilrecordthatcanbefoundaOer3Gyr.
• CyanobacteriaformedveryearlyanddominatedtheEarthforatleast1Gyr.TheyproducedfreeoxygenandthuschangedtheEarth’satmosphere
• SomeresearchersclaimthatfossiltracesofStromatolitesexistthatare3500millionyearsold.Thesearecoloniesofcyanobacteriawhichproducemineralisedmatsthats?llexist
Fossilised stromatolite
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EarlyLifeontheEarth?–Whatdoweknow
• TheEarthformedabout4.54Gyrago• Earliestundisputed(almost)signsoflifearefossilmicrobialmats(Stromatolites)from3.48Gyr(Australia)
• Biogenic(?)Graphiteinsedimentary?3.7GyroldrocksinGreenland
• Twootherstudiesfindsigns(fromfossil12C/13Cra?os)from4.25and4.4Gyr
• èLifearoseEarly?Implica?ons?
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TheatmosphereoftheyoungEarth
• AOerthenuclearreac?onslitofinsidetheSunitsluminosity,LO,dropped.Observa?onsofT-TauristarsindicatetheLOmayhavegonedownby25-35%
• TheZirconeanalysisindicateearlyliquidwaterontheEarthèamuchdenseratmospherewith“greenhousegases”(CO,CH4)
• Theatmosphereprobablyoriginatedinplanetesimals/cometsfallingdownontoEarth,butalsooutgassing(volcanos)sincesuchcomponentsmusthavebeenpartoftheforma?onèHcombiningwithO,C,NèH2O,CH4,NH3
• Thisisareducingatmospherewithcompletelydifferentproper?esthaninourpresentatmospherewhichisoxidizing.
• Reducingatmospheredoesnotformoxides(e.g.RustwithFe),C+HdoesnotexplodebutinsteadformCH4.
• HistolighttostayintheEarth’satmosphere.H2OandNH3aredissociatedbyUVlightandtheHescapestospacewhichleadstoanatmospheredominatedbyN(78.09%today),(+20.95%O,0.93%Ar,0.039%CO2).
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DifferencesbetweenayoungEarthandayoungVenus
• Thetwoplanetsareverysimilarinsizeandincomposi?onbutVenushasatemperature~600K,whiletheEarthisbetween273Kand370K(average287.3Kin2013).
– TheblackbodytemperatureofEarthis254Kor-19degreesC.ITisthegreenhouseeffectthatkeepEarthfrombeingasnowballagain
• ThecurrentdensityofVenusatmosphereis90?meshigherthantheEarth’s
• Theiratmosphereswereverylikelysimilartostartoutwith....ButVenuswasalwayshokerthantheEarthèVenuslostmoreofitswaterandthereforenevergotplatetectonics.TheHescapedandOreactedwithCH4andformedCO2whichmadetheplanethoker.AllitsCistodayintheatmosphere
• OnEarthmostoftheCO2formedinthiswayisdissolvedintotheoceans,andtogetherwithCagoesoutofsolu?onascarbonates.
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StanleyMiller’sexperiment
• A.Oparin(1894-1980)suggestedin1920:?esthatareducingatmospherewithHandhydrogenatedmoleculestogetherwithelectricdischargesandUvradia?onèchemicalreac?onsimportantforthechemistryoflife.
• HaroldUrey(1893-1981,Nobelprizein1934,discoveryofD)suggestedanexperimenttohisstudentStanleyMiller(1930-2007)whichhecarriedoutin1953
• Hecreatedreducingatmospheresinthelabandpassedelectricdischargesthroughit
• AOerafewdayshefoundsomeblackgoointhetestvessel:– Aspar?cacidandButyricacid–nosurprisesthere.– Thesecondmostcommonsubstance,however,wasglycinthesimplestaminoacid– Andnumber4wasalaninanotherimportantaminoacid+somemoreaminoacidsin
significantamounts
And amino acids are the building blocks of proteins! è Biochemestry!
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StanleyMiller’sexperiment
• ProblemisofcoursethatwealreadyfoundthattheEarthwouldloseitsH,H2andrapidlygetanatmosphereofN2andCO2whichdoesnotallowtheresultsofMiller’sexperiment
• Millercon?nuedtoworkfortherestofhislifeandotherideashavebeentested:
– MethaneejectedfromvolcanosintoaCO2richatmospheregivessomeaminoacidsbutnotinsuchgreatamounts
– Moderncalcula?onsindicatethattheEarthwouldhavebeenlosingitsHmuchslowerthanpreviouslysuggestedèLifecouldhavehad?metostart
• Areducingatmosphereandcoldseas/oceansseemtobeastar?ngpointforcrea?nganenvironmentintowhichthebuildingblocksoflifecouldhavebeenformed.AlotofCH4isalsorequiredplussuitableenergysources
• Comparedtootheralterna?vesincludingthepresentEarth,thesecondi?onscouldbesearchedforaroundexoplanetswithadvancedinstrumentsanditwouldhelpiftheplanetwaslargerthantheEarth(moreHandH2isretained)èSuperEarth
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HowdidthefirstlifeariseonEarth?
• Summary:Itisatleastpossiblethatthecondi?onsofMiller’sexperiment,togetherwithcoldoceansofH2Ocouldhaveexistedforasignificant?me
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Lifeoritsbuildingblocksarrivingfromspace?
• TheMurchisonmeteoritefellindaylightoverMurchison,Victoria,Australiaon28/91969.Itwaswidelyobservedasafireball,breakingintoatleast3fragmentsasitwasobservedandanimpacttremorwasfelt
• 100kgofmasswascollectedinfragmentsofupto7kgoveranareaof13km2includingoneinsideabarn
• Over15aminoacidsplusahostofotherorganiccomponentshavebeeniden?fied.AmountsaresimilartothosefoundintheMillerexperiment
• Sofarnoorganiccompoundshavebeenretrievedfromacomet,butobserva?onsofHalley’sandothercometshavedemonstratedthepresenceofcarboniccompoundssuchashydrogencyanideandformaldehyde.Alsoadenine,oneofthebasesinnucleicacids(likeDNA)wasseeninHalley
• Injustafewweeks,ESAwillreleasedatafromalaboratorylandedonthecomet67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko