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.