Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like ...

They developed a 3D model that simulates how the solar system's orbital architecture may have evolved differently with the formation of a planet that is at least twice the size of Earth's mass—a ...

Understanding how the habitability of our solar system's inner planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars—would change had there been a super-Earth opposite Mars can help guide astrobiologists ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

We have developed a state-of-the-art atmospheric climate-biogeochemical model for terrestrial planets ... We are developing a holistic modelling approach for different planets and exoplanets that ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

Nathan Kaib, co-author of the study and astronomer at the Planetary Science Institute, stated it is plausible for the Solar System to have ... circular orbit of Earth. Detecting these planets ...

The hot, rocky material near the centre of the solar system was sculpted into terrestrial planets with metal cores: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. And on the cool edges, the gas and ice giants were ...

With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and it's the only one known for sure to have liquid water on its surface. Earth is also unique in terms of ...