Geophysical Sciences

There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres

UChicago study finds way that hot, rocky planets in other systems could form and keep atmospheres

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system

Analysis by UChicago scientists reverses earlier findings, suggests large temperature swings

New study helps pinpoint when Earth’s tectonic plates began

Rocks tell story of planet’s transition from alien landscape to continents, oceans and life