... ostensibly covering ‘the origin, evolution and future’ of the planet we live on and, according to its subtitle, its history...rest of the solar system, by comparing it with other planets and particularly with the Moon. Later sections on plate tectonics...
... this two-disc set is an exception. The package is a celebration of the long-running Voyager missions to the outer planets comprising an 18-track music CD, a 70-minute-long bonus DVD (which adds visual archive material to the music) and...
...is divided into seven parts that introduce the red planet, describe its formation and detail the three time periods... (Noachian, Hesperian and Amazonian) that characterise the planet’s development. There is also a bibliography and an index....
... dust traps (or vortices) that could play an important role in the formation of planetesimals and planets at large radii. Building planets The building blocks of planet formation start with tiny dust grains, that include components such as graphite...
... effect that erased its oceans and left a desert planet, coated with dense clouds of sulphuric acid and an... Still, like me, you’d probably hanker to do something to help the planet that’s been so kind (and patient) with us. I have some emotional...
... tens or hundreds of millions of stars are monitored, the precise alignment demonstrated in Figure 2 occurs frequently. As the foreground planet-hosting star passes in front of the background star, it begins to bend the light from the background star...