terrestrial planet

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“The dust expelled from cool evolved stars, such as the ejection we’ve just witnessed, could go on to become the building blocks of terrestrial planets and life,” Dr. Cannon said in the statement.

From New York Times

Billions of years ago when the solar system formed, scientists believe that Mars and Earth were similar: watery, terrestrial planets with atmospheres.

From New York Times

Instead of emerging out of ever-larger collisions of protoplanets, the new idea is that terrestrial planets like Earth and Mars formed from the buildup of many small pebbles.

From Science Magazine

They also calculate that 20 percent of long-period comets become sungrazers, meaning comets that fly very close to the Sun and are whipped back through the terrestrial planets.

From Salon

The discovery of a single free-floating terrestrial planet demonstrates that such objects do, in fact, exist, whereas before they were only theorized.

From Scientific American