An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

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 ...

The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called terrestrial because they have a compact, rocky surface like Earth’s terra firma. The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the ...

The class of Deep Space High find out! As the class of Deep Space High are finding out, planets come in a huge variety of types, colours and sizes. Today, they’re taking a look at terrestrial planets.

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 ...

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 ...

I also worked on other biodiversity indicators such as the Living Planet Index, as well as Climate ... As Chair of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrate Red List Authority I am keen to increase ...