The large-scale architecture of planets is imposed early in their history but is also ... and abetted by the local expertise in experimental petrology provided by BEEST. Terrestrial mantle convection, ...

The biome concept organizes large-scale ecological variation. Terrestrial biomes are distinguished primarily by their predominant vegetation, and are mainly determined by temperature and rainfall.

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

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 ...