From Stars to Planets: The Loners
The word planet means “wanderer”; the Greeks called them planētēs aster, “wandering stars”. Indeed planets travel on their orbits, wandering around their stars ...
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From Stars to Planets: Objects in Space and Habitability Potential
Only about 4% of the total mass of the Universe is made of atoms or ions, and thus represented by chemical elements. Hydrogen is the most abundant element, maki...
From Stars to Planets: Births and Deaths on Cosmic Scale
Moving along on our world building quest, I’ll start talking about planets and gradually moving towards terrestrial planets and their properties. Planet habitab...