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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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FEB 10, 2026Space & Astronomy
What new insights about lava tubes on Venus can scientists gain about the planet’s formation, evolution, and prese ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 10, 2026Space & Astronomy
How can Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, influence its much larger parent planet? This is what a recent study published i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2026Space & Astronomy
How does Mars lose its water, and what can this teach scientists about the planet’s ancient past when it had much ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 03, 2026Space & Astronomy
How can engineers design bricks on Mars for future habitats despite the toxic Martian regolith, also called perchlorates ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 03, 2026Space & Astronomy
Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2026Space & Astronomy
How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 22, 2026Earth & The Environment
What risk does wildfire smoke pose during late-term pregnancies? This is what a recent study published in Environmental ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2026Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study publish ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2026Space & Astronomy
What effects can an exoplanet orbiting close to its star have on the former’s atmosphere? This is what a recent st ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 20, 2026Space & Astronomy
How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 13, 2026Space & Astronomy
How does Mars influence Earth’s climate cycles? This is what a recent study published in the Publications of the A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2026Earth & The Environment
How does climate change influence the planet’s nitrogen cycle? This is what a recent study published in Nitrogen C ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 07, 2026Space & Astronomy
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a tea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 06, 2026Space & Astronomy
Are Sun-like stars the only stars where Earth-like worlds exist? This is what a recent study presented this morning at t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 06, 2026Space & Astronomy
How did Mars maintain surface liquid water billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 18, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can earthquakes contribute to ocean life? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to addres ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 18, 2025Space & Astronomy
What types of exoplanets orbit pulsars? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can an aircraft’s contrails, which are artificial ice clouds formed from hot engines and cold altitudes, contr ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
How many exoplanets orbit two stars? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 11, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 10, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can climate change impact sleep patterns? This is what a recent study published in Environmental International hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 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, MSc
FEB 10, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What new insights about lava tubes on Venus can scientists gain about the planet’s formation, evolution, and prese
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 10, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How can Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, influence its much larger parent planet? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How does Mars lose its water, and what can this teach scientists about the planet’s ancient past when it had much
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 03, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How can engineers design bricks on Mars for future habitats despite the toxic Martian regolith, also called perchlorates
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 03, 2026
Space & Astronomy
Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 22, 2026
Earth & The Environment
What risk does wildfire smoke pose during late-term pregnancies? This is what a recent study published in Environmental
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study publish
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What effects can an exoplanet orbiting close to its star have on the former’s atmosphere? This is what a recent st
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 20, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 13, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How does Mars influence Earth’s climate cycles? This is what a recent study published in the Publications of the A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2026
Earth & The Environment
How does climate change influence the planet’s nitrogen cycle? This is what a recent study published in Nitrogen C
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 07, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a tea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 06, 2026
Space & Astronomy
Are Sun-like stars the only stars where Earth-like worlds exist? This is what a recent study presented this morning at t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 06, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How did Mars maintain surface liquid water billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 18, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can earthquakes contribute to ocean life? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to addres
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 18, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What types of exoplanets orbit pulsars? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can an aircraft’s contrails, which are artificial ice clouds formed from hot engines and cold altitudes, contr
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How many exoplanets orbit two stars? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 11, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 10, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can climate change impact sleep patterns? This is what a recent study published in Environmental International hopes
...
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