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> [People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have reached at least our level of technological development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/people-quite-often-think-of-the-question-are-we-alone-in-the-universe/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

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## Other authors on Question Universe

## More by Dimitar Sasselov

> [Super-Earths are how we call a family of planets... up to two times larger and about ten times more massive than the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/super-earths-are-how-we-call-a-family-of-planets-up-to-two-times/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I ended up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/my-parents-gave-me-a-small-telescope-then-i-built-my-own-and-one/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [The question we ask is - if there is life on other planets, should we expect it to be based on the same molecules,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/the-question-we-ask-is-if-there-is-life-on-other-planets-should-we/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [I grew up in Bulgaria in a small city on the Black Sea Coast, so I was very interested in the sea, marine life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/i-grew-up-in-bulgaria-in-a-small-city-on-the-black-sea-coast-so-i-was/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/life-and-the-universe-compare-to-each-other-like-a-child-and-a-parent/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [It's feasible that we'll meet other sentient life forms and conduct commerce with them. We don't now have the technology to physically travel outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/it-s-feasible-that-we-ll-meet-other-sentient-life-forms-and-conduct/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [It feels great to discover a planet, just like any discovery in science, except that it has more of the feel of exploration -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/it-feels-great-to-discover-a-planet-just-like-any-discovery-in/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/people-quite-often-think-of-the-question-are-we-alone-in-the-universe/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [When we think of what is necessary for the phenomenon that we call life, we think of compartmentalization, keeping the molecules which are important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/when-we-think-of-what-is-necessary-for-the-phenomenon-that-we-call/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [Life is extremely resilient once it takes hold, but it requires rich chemistry, large energy sources, and stability, right from the beginning. The comparative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/life-is-extremely-resilient-once-it-takes-hold-but-it-requires-rich/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/in-science-it-is-rare-that-a-transformational-change-occurs-during/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [We do care about planets like the Earth because by now we understood that life as a chemical system really needs a smaller planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/we-do-care-about-planets-like-the-earth-because-by-now-we-understood/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [Ocean planets might be very common in the universe because water is very common in the low-temperature environments where planets form and evolve. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/ocean-planets-might-be-very-common-in-the-universe-because-water-is/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [We love our planet Earth. We should - it is our home, and there's no place like home. There can't ever be a better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/we-love-our-planet-earth-we-should-it-is-our-home-and-there-s-no/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

> [Deep and elegant explanations relate to natural or social phenomena and the observer often has no place in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitar-sasselov/deep-and-elegant-explanations-relate-to-natural-or-social-phenomena/)

[Dimitar Sasselov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitar-sasselov/)

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