Were it not for our Earth's magnetic field, the planet would be bombarded by charged particles from the sun. Thankfully, the Earth possesses a metallic core, the outer part of which consists of ...

The distance between Earth and Mars changes constantly because the two planets travel around the Sun at different speeds, and the average distance between them is 225 million km (140 million miles).

HD 63433 b orbits its star at 0.07 times the distance between Earth and the sun, with a year that lasts 7.1 Earth days. HD 63433 c is slightly larger, around 0.23 times the size of Jupiter , with ...

Scientists have confirmed Elon Musk’s warning that life on Earth will eventually be destroyed by the sun, ... the planet known as HD 20794 d has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits ...

Its star system is about 600 light-years away from Earth's sun, in the constellation Cygnus. HD 40307g. J. Pinfield, for the RoPACS network at the University of Hertfordshire.

We don't get out much, so Discovery HD Theater's Sunrise Earth is one of the best ways to connect with the outside world. The show makes it easy to wake up at 7 a.m. and catch a sunrise over a ...

Going Global: Living Earth HD shows time, date, and weather data on a large 3D model of the earth. Shaded areas of the globe show where it’s night.

Dubbed HD 20794 d, this cosmic body is reportedly six times the size of Earth, hence its nickname “super-Earth.” It orbits a G-star similar to the sun, which it takes 647 days to ...

Consider the exoplanet known as HD 20782 b, which boasts the highest eccentricity yet discovered — a whopping 97 percent.Although the alien world is likely more akin to Jupiter than Earth in ...

Welcome to Lava-Earth. Imagine what Earth would be like if it orbited the Sun at just a tiny fraction of Mercury’s distance. That’s HD 63433d.

As HD 40307 is smaller and cooler than the Sun, the solar radiance is about 55 percent of that received by the Earth. HD 40307 g is also distant enough from HD 40307 that it should rotate on its ...