How Jupiter Helped Spawn Life On Earth - Forbes

New dynamical computer models show that life here on Earth was likely given a push and a pull from our own planet Jupiter. Our farflung gas giant has enough gravitational oomph to largely dictate the dynamics of how our tiny planet shimmies and shakes around …

artist's interpretation of the stormy gas giant with the red dot getty Earth hit the astrobiological jackpot some 4 billion years ago when a Mars-sized impactor slammed into our nascent planet and … [+4434 chars]

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