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The Galactic Habitable Zone and the Age Distribution of Complex Life in the Milky Way

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2004

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Fenner, Y
Gibson, Bradley K
Lineweaver, Charles

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Abstract

We modeled the evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy to trace the distribution in space and time of four prerequisites for complex life: the presence of a host star, enough heavy elements to form terrestrial planets, sufficient time for biological evolution,

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Keywords: Galaxies; Planets; Sun; Biological evolution; Space research; evolution; solar system; age distribution; article; complex life; cosmos; evolution; galactic habitable zone; life; model; priority journal; space; time; Astronomy; Computer Simulation; Evoluti

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/19702

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ANU Research Publications

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Science

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10.1126/science.1092322

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