The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...

Earth" and a massive outer planet, revealing insights into extreme planetary evolution. An international research team, led ...

Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth ...

We study the ~4.5 billion year history of the terrestrial planets of our solar system, from the stellar synthesis of the elements of which they comprise through their accretion and re-organisation by ...

My research focuses on terrestrial planets and moons. I am particularly interested in polar ice caps and their interactions with planetary atmospheres. For example, the polar deposits of Mars record ...

Most terrestrial planets have atmospheres, but the conditions on their surfaces would not allow humans to survive there. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system (despite being further from ...

In appearance it is similar to Earth's Moon. The planet is terrestrial, meaning that it has a solid surface and is mainly made of silicate rocks or metals. The planet Mercury is mainly made up of iron ...

Results of the study determined that terrestrial biota had rapidly colonized ... to collect extraterrestrial material originates on a planet awash in microbial life. NASA tries to avoid ...