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For decades, astronomers have wondered whether Earth-like planets are rare gems or commonplace across the stars. Recent ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

Curiosity Point 1: A catastrophic event turned Venus into a hellish world?

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the Solar System formed, it took no more than three million years for the ...

Curiosity Point 1: A catastrophic event turned Venus into a hellish world?

Impact history should be considered a key factor in the search for habitable Earth-like exoplanets. Southwest Research ...