While no one yet knows what’s needed to build a habitable planet, it’s clear that the interplay between the sun and Earth is crucial for making our planet livable – a balance between a sun that ...

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For how long can the Earth support complex life before entering an irreversible zone from an environmental perspective?

Before the solar system had planets, the sun had rings — bands of dust and gas similar to Saturn’s rings — that likely played a role in Earth’s formation, according to a new study. “In the solar ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...