06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... identification is important as it could teach scientists about finding Earth Trojans, if they exist. So far, Mars is the only terrestrial planet known to harbour Trojans, but if more were found in the inner Solar System, and if they did once...
17 March 2021
Like Venus, ancient water on Mars is trapped in its crust, new study says
...atmosphere through volcanism. Without plate tectonics, water on our neighbouring planets is trapped in the crust with no means to be freed...a role in regulating the habitability of terrestrial planets, by controlling the timescales of sustained ...
13 March 2015
Ceres breakthrough: NASA's Dawn is first probe to visit a dwarf planet
... block theory. We think of these protoplanets as being the fundamental building blocks of the solar system, or at least the terrestrial planets. You can think of the Earth as mainly being built out of Vestas. Vesta is a rocky exterior and an iron...
03 November 2017
Dust belt hints at more planets around our nearest star
... important because, following the discovery of the terrestrial planet Proxima b, it’s the first indication of the presence of ...would allow a better determination of the mass of the Proxima b planet. This at present, is currently known only as a lower ...
02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
...masses of gas and dust to create the terrestrial planets. While research has helped narrow down many aspects... a young evolving Sun, therefore making the early habitability of the planet possible, add the team in their paper. If water was available...
31 January 2020
A final farewell to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
... their atmospheres. Spitzer's best-known work may be detecting the seven Earth-size planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system - the largest number of terrestrial planets ever found orbiting a single star - and determining their masses and densities. In 2016...
