{"682338":{"#nid":"682338","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Do other planets have seasons?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EOther planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system have seasonal cycles \u2014 and they can look wildly different from the ones we experience on Earth, experts told Live Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ETo understand how other planets have seasons, we can look at what drives seasonal changes on our planet. \u0022The Earth has its four seasons because of the spin axis tilt,\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/gongjie-li\u0022\u003EGongjie Li\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, told Live Science. This means that our planet rotates at a slight angle of around 23.5 degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022On Earth, we\u0027re very lucky, this spin axis is quite stable,\u0022 Li said. Due to this, we\u0027ve had relatively stable seasonal cycles that have persisted for millennia, although the broader climate sometimes shifts as the entire orbit of Earth drifts further or closer from the sun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESuch stability has likely helped life as we know it develop here, Li said. Scientists like her are now studying planetary conditions and seasonal changes on exoplanets to see whether life could exist in faroff worlds. For now, it seems as though the mild seasonal changes and stable spin tilts on Earth are unique.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EOther planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system have seasonal cycles \u2014 and they can look wildly different from the ones we experience on Earth, experts told Live Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ETo understand how other planets have seasons, we can look at what drives seasonal changes on our planet. \u0022The Earth has its four seasons because of the spin axis tilt,\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/gongjie-li\u0022\u003EGongjie Li\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, told Live Science. This means that our planet rotates at a slight angle of around 23.5 degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022On Earth, we\u0027re very lucky, this spin axis is quite stable,\u0022 Li said. Due to this, we\u0027ve had relatively stable seasonal cycles that have persisted for millennia, although the broader climate sometimes shifts as the entire orbit of Earth drifts further or closer from the sun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESuch stability has likely helped life as we know it develop here, Li said. Scientists like her are now studying planetary conditions and seasonal changes on exoplanets to see whether life could exist in faroff worlds. For now, it seems as though the mild seasonal changes and stable spin tilts on Earth are unique.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-05-12 20:44:56","changed_gmt":"2025-05-13 14:30:57","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Live Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/do-other-planets-have-seasons","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"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":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"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":""}}}