Advances in observation technology have revealed that there are many planets like Earth outside the solar system, raising expectations for the discovery of extraterrestrial life. However, computer ...

Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4.5 billion years ago. The results, derived from a new computer model, ...

NASA's CHAPEA mission was a 378-day Mars simulation in a habitat in Houston. Scientists want to know what challenges astronauts will face on Mars, including extreme isolation. Crew member Ross ...

Geophysicists from ETH Zurich and SUSTech, China, have demonstrated the dynamo effect of the Earth’s core in a model in which viscosity has no influence, as is the correct physical regime for the ...