Gaia facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Gaia can mean:

Gaia (mythology): the earth and mother of the gods in Greek mythology
Gaia (spacecraft): European space mission to collect data on Milky Way stars and other objects
Gaia hypothesis: the idea that living things and the Earth are closely connected, and form a complex self-regulating system, making sure there can be life on the planet. James Lovelock promoted this idea.

Images for kids

Gaia (bottom-right) rises out of the ground, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin.
Gaia hands her newborn, Erichthonius, to Athena as Hephaestus watches – an Attic red-figure stamnos, 470–460 BC

See also

In Spanish: Gea para niños

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