Science
What makes Earth’s atmosphere so special? – Space.com
Other worlds in the solar system have air, too.
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space Radio, and author of How to Die in Space.
We Earthlings think we’re oh-so-special. The abundance of oxygen in our atmosphere and the presence of liquid water on the surface of our planet makes our “Pale Blue Dot” stand out in contrast to the other planets in the solar system a unique and fragile home for life.
But for all the biological activity on our homeworld, we’re not the …
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