by Gelogia Team | Sep 16, 2024 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology, Structural Geology
Mars has been extensively studied within our solar system, with rovers sent to explore its unique terrain. Evidence from NASA missions suggests that Mars was once much warmer and wetter, with a thicker atmosphere billions of years ago. The planet was named Mars by the...
by Gelogia Team | Sep 15, 2024 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology, Structural Geology
Earth is not just the fifth biggest planet in the solar system; it’s the sole world with liquid water on its surface. Earth, slightly larger than Venus, is the biggest of the four rocky, metal-rich planets closest to the Sun. Unlike other planets, Earth’s...
by Gelogia Team | Sep 14, 2024 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology, Structural Geology
Venus, like other planets in the inner solar system, is a terrestrial planet because it has a solid rocky surface. Astronomers have known about Venus for thousands of years. The ancient Romans named it after Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. Venus is...
by Gelogia Team | Sep 12, 2024 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology, Structural Geology
Mercury is the innermost planet in the solar system and the eighth largest by size and mass. Due to its closeness to the Sun and its small size, it is the most difficult planet to see with the naked eye. It always rises and sets about two hours after the Sun, so it is...
by Gelogia Team | Sep 11, 2024 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the various objects that orbit around it, all bound together by the force of gravity. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region of molecular clouds collapsed to form the Sun and a protoplanetary disk. The Sun is...
