Sentences with phrase «understand planetary evolution»

This period is critical to understanding planetary evolution, especially how the Earth developed its atmosphere and oceans, but scientists have little information because few rocks from this age are preserved.

Not exact matches

You are confusing planetary formation, which we do understand, and abiogenesis, which is not understood, with evolution.

«If breakdown weathering occurs on the moon, then it has important implications for our understanding of the evolution of planetary surfaces in the solar system, especially in extremely cold regions that are exposed to harsh radiation from space,» says coauthor Timothy Stubbs of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

The moon appears to be a tranquil place, but modeling done by University of New Hampshire and NASA scientists suggests that, over the eons, periodic storms of solar energetic particles may have significantly altered the properties of the soil in the moon's coldest craters through the process of sparking — a finding that could change our understanding of the evolution of planetary surfaces in the solar system.

With data from Voyager, Galileo, New Horizons, Hubble and now Juno, we have a better understanding of the composition and evolution of this iconic feature,» said Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science.

Then researchers could use the detailed seismic picture of the moon's interior to understand better the evolution of a planetary body assembled from the vaporous debris of a giant impact on the still - forming Earth.

The Mars Exploration Program studies Mars as a planetary system in order to understand the formation and early evolution of Mars as a planet, the history of geological processes that have shaped Mars through time, the potential for Mars to have hosted life, and the future exploration of Mars by humans.

We will carry out a series of numerical investigations to understand how organics and volatiles are incorporated into planetary building blocks and then trace the dynamical evolution of these building blocks throughout the period of planetary assembly.

The study of planetary atmospheres other than the Earth's, and in particular the study of the role of plasma - neutral interactions in their evolution, could contribute to our understanding of the long - term space weather (referred to also as space climate) effects and finally the origins of life itself (Yamauchi & Wahlund 2007).

These studies are aimed at understanding the physical mechanisms that govern star formation and how the evolution of the gaseous component of disks impacts the resulting planetary system architectures.

With data from Voyager, Galileo, New Horizons, Hubble and now Juno, we have a better understanding of the composition and evolution of this iconic feature,» Jim Green, the director of planetary science at the agency, added in a statement.

However radial velocity follow - up of the candidates, which is one of the expertise's of IA's Origin and Evolution of Stars and Planets group, is crucial to understanding those planetary systems.»

John has a broad range of research interests designed to understand the formation and evolution of stars from their origin in molecular clouds to the development of mature planetary systems.

Researchers shed light on scientific phenomenon which helps to better understand evolution of interstellar dust and planetary rings in space

I think we have to look at the fundamentals of planetary system dynamics to better understand the evolution of higher life forms.

The research team will be calculating the energy budget for Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn's moon Titan, because it will impact our understanding of planetary evolution and climate.

Study of past climate change on Earth and of other planetary atmospheres serves as a useful tool in assessing our general understanding of the atmosphere and its evolution.

Better understanding of planetary motions» role in driving natural climate swings may lead to breakthroughs in the study of evolution.