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Life Tile

Co-Evolution of
Life and Planet

What physical conditions does life require to start and to flourish, and where are the settings to find such conditions?

Atmosphere Tile

Planets and Atmospheres

How does life begin and evolve through its interaction with atmospheric, surface, and subsurface nutrient pathways?

Galactic Tile

The Galactic Environment

What regions of the Milky Way galaxy are most habitable for complex life?

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The “solar abundances” problem: From two-decades of discrepancy to today’s progress and implications for outer solar system origins and habitability

Ngoc Truong

Postdoctoral Researcher

Southwest Research Institute

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Chaos & Confinement: Mastering Water Thermodynamics at Low Temperature

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Texas A&M University

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Monday, October 14, 2024 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Pondering Our Place in the Universe

Michael L. Wong

NHFP Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow

Carnegie Institution for Science

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