Is Jupiter the Reason for Life on Earth?

Should we be thanking Jupiter for our existence? Here’s why some scientists believe the gas giant is responsible for the life-harboring oddity of our solar system.

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Wandering Jupiter accounts for our unusual solar system
https://news.ucsc.edu/2015/03/wandering-jupiter.html
“Scientists say Jupiter swept clear the inner solar system, resulting in the formation of a planetary system unlike any other astronomers have yet found.”

How did Earth get its water?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-did-earth-get-its-water
“The answer lies in deuterium ratios and a theory called the Grand Tack”

Jupiter’s decisive role in the inner Solar System’s early evolution
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/14/4214
“In this scenario, the Solar System’s terrestrial planets formed from gas-starved mass-depleted debris that remained after the primary period of dynamical evolution.”

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