WHY PLANET EARTH IS UNIQUE - John R Schroeder - March 1983

John R Schroeder

What makes the earth so special in our solar system? Why is life here unique? Our good green earth sits rather near the far edge of a vast galaxy we call the Milky Way. And our sun is just a small to average star In the Milky Way. Planet earth is one of nine known to revolve around the sun. Yet the earth is the only planet in our solar system blessed with organic life. Why don't the other planets support living organisms? More has been learned about our sister planets in the last decade than in the previous two millennia. Our era has been termed "The Golden Age of Astronomy." Ultramodern space technology has permitted this generation to probe our solar system in a way that our forebears never dreamed of. Unmanned spacecraft have actually examined the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Men from earth have actually walked on the moon. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library