Beginning Quote by 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…

— 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,…

— 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,…

— Dimitar Sasselov

Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.

— 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…

— 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 -…

— 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…

— 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…

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In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

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We do care about planets like the Earth because by now we understood that life as a chemical system really needs a smaller planet…

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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…

— Dimitar Sasselov