This paper reviews our current understanding of terrestrial planets formation. The focus is on computer simulations of the dynamical aspects of the accretion process. Throughout the chapter, we ...

Planets in our solar system fall into one of two major categories: Jovian planets and terrestrial planets. Jovian planets encompass the gas giants and ice giants of the outer solar system, whereas ...

The Universities Space Research Association – Houston invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in geophysical studies of the growth/evolution of large volcanic edifices and provinces on the ...

A new SwRI-led paper highlights the scientific progress made in understanding the evolution of terrestrial planets, including the effects of late large impacts on pre-existing modes of tectonics. For ...

Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence, rather than the ...

The Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology invites you to a virtual seminar on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to noon by Eryn Cangi. Title: Escape from terrestrial planets: water loss and the ...

Best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence of carbon dioxide in their atmospheres. Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere ...