开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 6 weeks
所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: HarvardX |
课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/super-earths-life-harvardx-spu30x-0
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Super-Earths And Life is a course about alien life, how we search for it, and what this teaches us about our place in the universe.
In the past decade astronomers have made incredible advances in the discovery of planets outside our solar system. Thirty years ago, we knew only of the planets in our own solar system. Now we know of thousands circling nearby stars.
Meanwhile, biologists have gained a strong understanding of how life evolved on our own planet, all the way back to the earliest cells. We can describe how simple molecules can assemble themselves into the building blocks of life, and how those building blocks might have become the cells that make up our bodies today.
Super-Earths And Life is all about how these two fields together - astronomy and biology - can answer one of our most powerful and primal questions: are we alone in the universe?
HarvardX pursues the science of learning. By registering as an online learner in an HX course, you will also participate in research about learning. Read our research statement to learn more.
Learn about alien life, how we search for it, and what this teaches us about our place in the universe.