PILLAR 1 : SCIENCE
STUDYING PLANETARY SYSTEMS
Overarching science goals
Study the formation and evolution processes leading to the growth of complexity, and ultimately to the possible emergence of life, through the diversity of planetary systems:
- the growth of molecular complexity, from the Interstellar medium (ISM) to planetary and moons environments;
- the growth of planetary environments complexity, and the conditions under which their evolutionary paths may lead them to become “habitable”.
PLANETARY SYSTEMS
A new class of astrophysical object
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Major scientific questions
- Origins of planetary systems
- Formation and diversity of planetary systems architectures
- Diversity of objects
- Planetary systems coupling mechanisms
- Emergence of potential habitats
- Detection of life