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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 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents & ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 27, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A common entity that connects everything from majestically looking galaxies and nebula to the enormously diversified bio ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
In 2004, the Blue Ring Nebula was first identified. It appeared as a faint gas blob with a star at its center and was un ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2020Space & Astronomy
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars A ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science Advances urges the necessity of reducing carbon dioxide and aerosol p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 14, 2020Earth & The Environment
Research published in Nature Communications from scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) reveals which fores ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has reconstructed the patterns of historical tropical cycl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
In mapping the original locations of Saturn and Jupiter in our Solar System, astronomers have found that there was once ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2020Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 04, 2020Plants & Animals
Voeltzkow’s chameleon was recently rediscovered after disappearing for more than 100 years. According to an articl ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Try imagining a fictional conversation between Issac Newton and Albert Einstein: "The apple falls toward the ground ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2020Chemistry & Physics
While there is certainly a fair amount of warranted pessimism about the future of our planet, there is also warranted op ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 27, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecology Letters has documented a consistent fall in biodiversity in the Amazon. The scient ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Life on earth relies on clean water, something that is becoming more scarce. Researchers have found that if water is con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like animals, plants are made of cells that are full of proteins. The proteins in plant cells are often only found ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Bern in Germany have found that an exoplanet, known as WASP-121b, is so hot that it c ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 09, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers yet again toward our planet’s past to understand what might be in store for our future. In a new study ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 08, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents &
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 27, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A common entity that connects everything from majestically looking galaxies and nebula to the enormously diversified bio
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In 2004, the Blue Ring Nebula was first identified. It appeared as a faint gas blob with a star at its center and was un
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars A
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science Advances urges the necessity of reducing carbon dioxide and aerosol p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 14, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research published in Nature Communications from scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) reveals which fores
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has reconstructed the patterns of historical tropical cycl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In mapping the original locations of Saturn and Jupiter in our Solar System, astronomers have found that there was once
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
Voeltzkow’s chameleon was recently rediscovered after disappearing for more than 100 years. According to an articl
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Try imagining a fictional conversation between Issac Newton and Albert Einstein: "The apple falls toward the ground
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
While there is certainly a fair amount of warranted pessimism about the future of our planet, there is also warranted op
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecology Letters has documented a consistent fall in biodiversity in the Amazon. The scient
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Life on earth relies on clean water, something that is becoming more scarce. Researchers have found that if water is con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like animals, plants are made of cells that are full of proteins. The proteins in plant cells are often only found
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Bern in Germany have found that an exoplanet, known as WASP-121b, is so hot that it c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 09, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers yet again toward our planet’s past to understand what might be in store for our future. In a new study
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 08, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan