Water And Continents Could Exist on Other Planets in Our Galaxy, Scientists Say

The lead author of the new study argues that planets “with the same amount of water and carbon as Earth” may occur rather frequently in the Milky Way Galaxy, “provided the temperature is right.”

A team of scientists believes that features such as liquid water and landmasses may not be unique to Earth (or Mars and Venus in the distant past), and could have formed on other exoplanets in our galaxy, according to space.com.

As Anders Johansen, an astronomer at the University of Copenhagen and lead author of the new study, explained, data suggests that “water was part of Earth’s building blocks, right from the beginning.”

In the course of their study, the scientists reportedly established that the “primary building blocks” of our planet were “tiny, millimetre-sized particles of ice and carbon,” as well as “pebbles that drift through the protoplanetary disc.”

Martin Bizzarro, a professor from the University of Copenhagen and co-author of the study, also noted that the planets in their model “may sport continents as well,” as the media outlet puts it.

Sourse: sputniknews.com