{"672129":{"#nid":"672129","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Earth isn\u2019t the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpring, summer, fall and winter \u2013 the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It\u2019s easy to take this cycle for granted here on Earth, but not every planet has a regular change in seasons. So why does Earth have regular seasons when other planets don\u2019t? \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/gongjie-li\u0022\u003EGongjie Li\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, explains about axial tilts of planets, which\u0026nbsp;have big implications for everything from seasons to glacier cycles, since that tilt can determine just how much sun a planet will get. The magnitude of that tilt can even determine whether a planet is habitable to life. (This article by Li was also reprinted in in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/earth-isnt-the-only-planet-with-seasons-but-they-can-look-wildly-different-on-other-worlds-72551\u0022\u003EIFL Science\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qrius.com\/what-do-seasons-look-like-on-other-planets\/\u0022\u003EQrius,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.longmontleader.com\/local-news\/beyond-local-earth-isnt-the-only-planet-with-seasons-but-they-can-look-wildly-different-on-other-worlds-8101711\u0022\u003ELongmont (Colorado) Leader.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpring, summer, fall and winter \u2013 the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It\u2019s easy to take this cycle for granted here on Earth, but not every planet has a regular change in seasons. So why does Earth have regular seasons when other planets don\u2019t? \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/gongjie-li\u0022\u003EGongjie Li\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, explains about axial tilts of planets, which\u0026nbsp;have big implications for everything from seasons to glacier cycles, since that tilt can determine just how much sun a planet will get. The magnitude of that tilt can even determine whether a planet is habitable to life. (This article by Li was also reprinted in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/earth-isnt-the-only-planet-with-seasons-but-they-can-look-wildly-different-on-other-worlds-72551\u0022\u003EIFL Science\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qrius.com\/what-do-seasons-look-like-on-other-planets\/\u0022\u003EQrius,\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.longmontleader.com\/local-news\/beyond-local-earth-isnt-the-only-planet-with-seasons-but-they-can-look-wildly-different-on-other-worlds-8101711\u0022\u003ELongmont (Colorado) Leader.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-16 18:36:35","changed_gmt":"2024-01-29 15:49:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/earth-isnt-the-only-planet-with-seasons-but-they-can-look-wildly-different-on-other-worlds-216874","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"177416","name":"Gongjie Li"},{"id":"4079","name":"astrophysics"},{"id":"173919","name":"planets"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}