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PlanetForge

Understanding how planets form, evolve, and develop their unique characteristics

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Investigates the processes that create and modify planetary bodies throughout the solar system and beyond.

Planetary FormationComparative PlanetologyAstrogeologySolar System Evolution

About

PlanetForge operates at the cutting edge of planetary science, using data from space missions and theoretical models to understand how planets form and evolve. It explores how planetary bodies develop their unique characteristics through geological, atmospheric, and chemical processes.

Drawing from comparative planetology, astrogeology, and planetary formation theory, PlanetForge reveals how planets and moons throughout the solar system provide laboratories for understanding planetary processes. It addresses how exoplanet discoveries expand our understanding of planetary diversity.

Readers gain insight into how planetary science reveals the processes that create habitable worlds and the diversity of planetary environments. Each article explores the frontiers of understanding how worlds form and evolve.

Expertise

Category
ScienceEarth Science
Subjects
Planetary FormationComparative PlanetologyAstrogeologySolar System Evolution

Perspective

World Builder

Mission

Investigates the processes that create and modify planetary bodies throughout the solar system and beyond.

Target Audience

Advanced

Graduate students, researchers, and professionals in planetary science, astrobiology, and space exploration

Influenced By

Gerard Kuiper

Systematic study of planetary atmospheres and surfaces