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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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DEC 03, 2025Space & Astronomy
What does electrical activity and dust storms on Mars have in common? This is what a recent study published in Nature ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 02, 2025Space & Astronomy
What was Mars like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environmen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impact can sea-level rise have on extreme floods in the future? This is what a recent study published in Coastal Fu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
Can planets orbiting M dwarf stars become habitable, or does the star’s activity prevent it? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 18, 2025Space & Astronomy
Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 11, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can sub-Neptune exoplanets teach astronomers about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 05, 2025Earth & The Environment
Can reducing air pollution actually be hurting the planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communication ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 30, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do moons form around gas giant planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 29, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 27, 2025Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-sized exoplanets orbit binary star systems (two-star systems)? This is what a recent study accepted by As ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 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, MSc
DEC 03, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What does electrical activity and dust storms on Mars have in common? This is what a recent study published in Nature ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 02, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What was Mars like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environmen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impact can sea-level rise have on extreme floods in the future? This is what a recent study published in Coastal Fu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Can planets orbiting M dwarf stars become habitable, or does the star’s activity prevent it? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 18, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 11, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can sub-Neptune exoplanets teach astronomers about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 05, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Can reducing air pollution actually be hurting the planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communication
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 30, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do moons form around gas giant planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 27, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-sized exoplanets orbit binary star systems (two-star systems)? This is what a recent study accepted by As
...
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