"The fact that this chain of life existed……" — Robert Ballard

The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on… - Robert Ballard

"The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea and was utterly independent of sunlight-previously thought to be the font of all Earth's life-has startling ramifications. If life could flourish there, nurtured by a complex chemical process based on geothermal heat, then life could exist under similar conditions on planets far removed from the nurturing light of our parent star, the Sun."

— Robert Ballard

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