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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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SEP 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, a group of researchers upended two long-held scientific assum ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.SEP 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 15, 2022Plants & Animals
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Frank Drake, the legendary astronomer who pioneered the modern search for intelligent life in the Universe, passed away ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.SEP 08, 2022Space & Astronomy
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Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2022Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 02, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how impacts that plan ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 02, 2022Chemistry & Physics
The James Webb Space Telescope sent back its first image of an exoplanet, the first one taken from space. The JWST launc ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 01, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
In 2014, astronomers began testing the new high-resolution capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Ar ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.AUG 24, 2022Plants & Animals
Extinction rates have accelerated around the globe. Changes in climate and habitat loss, in particular, are driving more ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 23, 2022Space & Astronomy
It has been 45 years since NASA’s twin Voyager probes launched into space, making them NASA’s longest operat ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.AUG 16, 2022Chemistry & Physics
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Think of our spacetime as fabric. When we place something in it, the fabric curves. This is what happens every ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAUG 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk using the Atacama Large Millim ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.AUG 09, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent single-author study published in AIP Advances, Qing-Bin Lu, a scientist from the University of Waterloo in O ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 07, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in American Geophysical Union Advances, computer models divulge how the geologic activity on ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 05, 2022Plants & Animals
Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral co ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUL 30, 2022Chemistry & Physics
When one refers to a star or a galaxy or any other object as metal-poor, it simply means that this object was formed in ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUL 30, 2022Space & Astronomy
There have been thousands of exoplanets found orbiting around single – or ‘normal’ – stars, but ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, a group of researchers upended two long-held scientific assum
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 15, 2022
Plants & Animals
Rising CO2 levels continue to raise alarm around the world, highlighting the dangerous ways climate change is impacting
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 09, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In an array of studies, one published in Science Advances and two published in Science, a large international team of re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 09, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Frank Drake, the legendary astronomer who pioneered the modern search for intelligent life in the Universe, passed away
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 08, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) EnVision mission to Venus will perform optical, spectral, and, and radar mapping
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how impacts that plan
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 02, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
The James Webb Space Telescope sent back its first image of an exoplanet, the first one taken from space. The JWST launc
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 01, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In 2014, astronomers began testing the new high-resolution capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Ar
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 24, 2022
Plants & Animals
Extinction rates have accelerated around the globe. Changes in climate and habitat loss, in particular, are driving more
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 23, 2022
Space & Astronomy
It has been 45 years since NASA’s twin Voyager probes launched into space, making them NASA’s longest operat
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 16, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
During the Cold War, the US military launched a secret project to spy on the Soviet Union by sending microphones attache
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
AUG 15, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Think of our spacetime as fabric. When we place something in it, the fabric curves. This is what happens every
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
AUG 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk using the Atacama Large Millim
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 09, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent single-author study published in AIP Advances, Qing-Bin Lu, a scientist from the University of Waterloo in O
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in American Geophysical Union Advances, computer models divulge how the geologic activity on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral co
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUL 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
When one refers to a star or a galaxy or any other object as metal-poor, it simply means that this object was formed in
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUL 30, 2022
Space & Astronomy
There have been thousands of exoplanets found orbiting around single – or ‘normal’ – stars, but
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc