Geodynamics

Peculiar Planets

From hot to cold – 7 peculiar planets around the star TRAPPIST-1

Lena Noack, Kristina Kislyakova and edited by Grace Shephard January 10, 2018

Apart from Earth, there are a lot of Peculiar Planets out there! Every 8 weeks, give or take, we look at a planetary body or system worthy of our geodynamic attention. When the discovery of additional Earth-sized planets within the TRAPPIST-1 system was revealed last year, bringing the total to 7 planets, it captured the minds of …[Read More]

The Venus enigma: new insights into ‘Earth 2’

Richard Ghail and edited by Iris van Zelst September 6, 2017

Apart from Earth, there are a lot of Peculiar Planets out there! Every 8 weeks, we look at a planetary body worthy of our geodynamic attention. This week Richard Ghail, lecturer in Engineering Geology at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, discusses Earth’s sister: Venus. Geologists have long held the view that they only …[Read More]