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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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AUG 16, 2022Chemistry & 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 KaurAUG 15, 2022Chemistry & Physics
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, MScJUL 23, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of astronomers have observed a massive young star near the cente ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
On June, 23, 2022, the BepiColombo mission made its second gravity assist of the planet Mercury. BepiColombo is a collab ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 21, 2022Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from the University of Manchester have recently presented a study at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 202 ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 19, 2022Earth & The Environment
When we look at a rock, we often just focus on its size and appearance. Is it light or heavy? Dark or shiny? But there i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 16, 2022Chemistry & Physics
To study the formation of our planet, as well as the overall solar system, and to study the possible source of all the o ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUL 15, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Many millions of years ago, an asteroid hit the planet Mars which created a crater and ejected a lot of its material int ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUL 15, 2022Space & Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope has awed scientists and the public alike with the first images that were released on July 12, ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
Physicists at New York University have created a method for predicting the composition of dark matter—the long-kno ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 09, 2022Chemistry & Physics
As humans we are used to seeing light and fluffy clouds that are made of water. However, beyond the scope of our planet, ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUL 08, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Brown dwarfs, which are popularly known as failed stars, form a boundary between the most massive planets and the smalle ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUL 07, 2022Earth & The Environment
56 million years ago, the Earth was a much different place as a cataclysmic event caused global temperatures to rise and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a collaborative research effort from the University of Bern, the University of Zurich, and National Centre of Compete ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
New research from McGill University has discovered alive and active microbes in Canadian permafrost that could provide a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 02, 2022Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust called a solar nebula that swi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
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
JUL 23, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of astronomers have observed a massive young star near the cente
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On June, 23, 2022, the BepiColombo mission made its second gravity assist of the planet Mercury. BepiColombo is a collab
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 21, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from the University of Manchester have recently presented a study at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 202
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 19, 2022
Earth & The Environment
When we look at a rock, we often just focus on its size and appearance. Is it light or heavy? Dark or shiny? But there i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 16, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
To study the formation of our planet, as well as the overall solar system, and to study the possible source of all the o
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUL 15, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Many millions of years ago, an asteroid hit the planet Mars which created a crater and ejected a lot of its material int
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUL 15, 2022
Space & Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope has awed scientists and the public alike with the first images that were released on July 12,
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Physicists at New York University have created a method for predicting the composition of dark matter—the long-kno
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 09, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
As humans we are used to seeing light and fluffy clouds that are made of water. However, beyond the scope of our planet,
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUL 08, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Brown dwarfs, which are popularly known as failed stars, form a boundary between the most massive planets and the smalle
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUL 07, 2022
Earth & The Environment
56 million years ago, the Earth was a much different place as a cataclysmic event caused global temperatures to rise and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a collaborative research effort from the University of Bern, the University of Zurich, and National Centre of Compete
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from McGill University has discovered alive and active microbes in Canadian permafrost that could provide a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust called a solar nebula that swi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc