This note covers the following topics: Proto-stellar Collapse and Star
Formation, Planet Formation, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Radiation,
Comparative Planetology, Comets, Meteorites, and Proto-planetary Disk Structure
and Habitable Zone.
This note describes the origin and development of life on the
planet Earth within the context of an evolving universe. It begins with an
overview of the origins of the universe from the "Big Bang" to our own solar
system and then integrate the principles of physics, chemistry, geology and
biology to study the origins of life on Earth.