There is evidence that Earth has gone through at least one globally frozen, «snowball» state in the last billion years, which i... ▽ More Although the Earth's orbit is never far from circular,
terrestrial planets around other stars might experience substantial changes in eccentricity that could lead to climate changes, including possible «phase transitions» such as the snowball transition (or its opposite).
I'm interested in the formation history of
terrestrial planets around other stars.
This is the first time humanity has been able to seriously search for
terrestrial planets around other stars.
Not exact matches
My research focuses on the formation of
terrestrial planets in our Solar System and
around other stars, especially with regards to the delivery of water and
other biologically - important materials.
Terrestrial planets, on the
other hand, may be common
around M - type
stars.
It speaks to the very heart of trying to understand how life may have evolved not just on earth but on
other terrestrial bodies both in our own solar system and indeed
around other stars that have
planets that lie in the so - called «habitable zone» (where liquid water can exist on the surface).