New research is revealing that places once considered hostile to life, such as volcanoes, could be home to it. (Composite: Letty Avila. Image Source: iStock.)
How does life begin — and could it exist outside of Earth?
A recent Dornsife Dialogues event explored the new research which is uncovering life in unexpected places.
A recent Dornsife Dialogues conversation hosted by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences explored two big questions: How does life begin — and where else in the universe it might it exist?
The conversation, led by USC Dornsife Dean James Bullock, included alumnus Laurie Barge, a senior research scientist in astrobiology at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Karen Lloyd, Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and professor of Earth sciences.