Mathew Anderson > Quotes

“minimum mass of a planet to sustain features like an intrinsic magnetic field and a habitable atmosphere in a star’s habitable zone is about 1/3 the mass of the Earth [5]. Mars has 1/10th the mass of the Earth, and thus is the leading reason why the planet is in such a desiccated state today.”
― Mathew Anderson, Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
― Mathew Anderson, Our Cosmic Story: Exploring Life, Civilization, and the Universe

“Oxygen wasn’t always part of Earth’s atmosphere. It took a couple of billion years for the gas to accumulate, continually generated mainly as a byproduct of single cellular life. After enough oxygen saturated the oceans and then started building up in the atmosphere, it was only at this point that the ozone layer formed through the above process.”
― Mathew Anderson, Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1

“The latest research clearly suggests that a magnetic field of some kind is a requirement for planets to be habitable [2].”
― Mathew Anderson, Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1

“Without an atmosphere, all exposed liquid water would quickly evaporate into space.”
― Mathew Anderson, Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1

“M-Type: A cool star that lasts 46-700 billion or more years and numbers 70% of all stars in the Universe. They glow a deep red from a high output of infrared radiation.”
― Mathew Anderson, Habitable Exoplanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1

“The Universe had no obligation to create anything at all, yet life managed to make a grand entrance on at least one tiny pale blue dot in a truly spectacular way.”
― Mathew Anderson

“There are not enough atoms in the Universe to equal a Googol!”
― Mathew Anderson, Our Cosmic Story: Exploring Life, Civilization, and the Universe

“Tidal Locking: Where an object's orbital period matches its rotational period. An example is Earth’s moon always”
― Mathew Anderson, Our Cosmic Story: Exploring Life, Civilization, and the Universe

“A single teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh up to a couple billion tons, or half the weight of Mount Everest!”
― Mathew Anderson, Our Cosmic Story: Exploring Life, Civilization, and the Universe