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A planet is a large astronomical body that orbits a star. They can also be remnants of stars that have formed spherical shapes as a result of their own gravitational forces. There are eight planets in our Solar System: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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OCT 24, 2025Earth & The Environment
What physical influences is Greenland experiencing from climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Jou ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 20, 2025Space & Astronomy
How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical J ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 20, 2025Space & Astronomy
Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 14, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study publ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can sulfur in the Moon’s mantle teach scientists about the Moon’s formation and evolution? This is what ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2025Space & Astronomy
How fast can rogue planets grow? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to add ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
How many planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, exist throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? While that might ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 23, 2025Space & Astronomy
What type of impact created Mercury’s giant core and thin crust? This is what a recent study published in Nature A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 22, 2025Space & Astronomy
Are Hycean exoplanets, which are a combination of hydrogen and a potential liquid water ocean, less common than previous ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 10, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can the presence of methane on a dwarf planet that orbits farther out than Pluto teach scientists about the formati ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
What is the speed and timing of the Earth’s inner core cooling? This is what a recent study published in Nature Co ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 02, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a protoplanetary disk comprised of carbon dioxide teach scientists about a solar system’s formation and e ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 02, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can marsquakes teach scientists about the Red Planet’s present-day, frozen interior, along with its early his ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 27, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can young planets teach astronomers about the formation and evolution of planets throughout the cosmos? This is wha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Repor ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2025Space & Astronomy
How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Jo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 29, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 28, 2025Space & Astronomy
What methods and simulations can engineers use to accurately test rovers that are used on other worlds like the Moon and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 22, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a newborn planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study publish ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
What methods can astronomers use to identify exoplanets orbiting within a young exoplanetary system’s disc of dust ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 10, 2025Space & Astronomy
What steps can be taken to safeguard future human missions to Mars? This is what a recent study presented at the Royal A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can gas giant exoplanets orbiting far from their star teach scientists about the formation and evolution of gas gia ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 24, 2025Space & Astronomy
What are the most ideal landing sites on Mars for the first human missions that can provide maximum survivability while ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 19, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do terrestrial planets like Earth form and evolve to enable life to exist? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 24, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What physical influences is Greenland experiencing from climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Jou
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 20, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical J
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 20, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 14, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study publ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can sulfur in the Moon’s mantle teach scientists about the Moon’s formation and evolution? This is what
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How fast can rogue planets grow? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to add
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How many planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, exist throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? While that might
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 23, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What type of impact created Mercury’s giant core and thin crust? This is what a recent study published in Nature A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 22, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Are Hycean exoplanets, which are a combination of hydrogen and a potential liquid water ocean, less common than previous
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 10, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can the presence of methane on a dwarf planet that orbits farther out than Pluto teach scientists about the formati
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What is the speed and timing of the Earth’s inner core cooling? This is what a recent study published in Nature Co
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 02, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a protoplanetary disk comprised of carbon dioxide teach scientists about a solar system’s formation and e
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 02, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can marsquakes teach scientists about the Red Planet’s present-day, frozen interior, along with its early his
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 27, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can young planets teach astronomers about the formation and evolution of planets throughout the cosmos? This is wha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Repor
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Jo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 28, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What methods and simulations can engineers use to accurately test rovers that are used on other worlds like the Moon and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 22, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a newborn planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study publish
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What methods can astronomers use to identify exoplanets orbiting within a young exoplanetary system’s disc of dust
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 10, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What steps can be taken to safeguard future human missions to Mars? This is what a recent study presented at the Royal A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can gas giant exoplanets orbiting far from their star teach scientists about the formation and evolution of gas gia
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 24, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What are the most ideal landing sites on Mars for the first human missions that can provide maximum survivability while
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 19, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do terrestrial planets like Earth form and evolve to enable life to exist? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc