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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 18, 2020Space & Astronomy
Back in 2017, scientists theorized that elements heavier than iron- such as gold- came to be following a collision betwe ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
What is 0.5°C warmer anyway? It doesn’t sound like that much…right? Wrong. When the United Nations Fram ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
From data captured by NASA's InSight Mars Lander, researchers in Switzerland have found that Mars behaves differentl ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 16, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a technique to control the size and composition of sub-n ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reports on the global phosphorus shortage that the planet is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Are protected areas even helpful is they’re so disjointed that wildlife can’t move between them? That’ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, reaching 465 degrees Celcius- a temperature hot enough to melt lead. Wh ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Hawaii have noticed that the Moon is turning slightly red or 'rusty'- and tha ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted the first-ever global mite biodiversity study and their fin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are calling on the sun to develop a conversion technique to transform carbon dioxide into fuels, pharmaceuti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2020Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2020Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Texas have found that a huge amount of liquid water likely rained down from the skies ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Space & Astronomy
NASA has said that an asteroid known as 2018VP1 is heading towards Earth, and may potentially collide with our planet on ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 20, 2020Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 19, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres reports the discovery of equatorial winds at ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel ...Written By: Daniel Duan
SEP 18, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Back in 2017, scientists theorized that elements heavier than iron- such as gold- came to be following a collision betwe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
What is 0.5°C warmer anyway? It doesn’t sound like that much…right? Wrong. When the United Nations Fram
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
From data captured by NASA's InSight Mars Lander, researchers in Switzerland have found that Mars behaves differentl
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 16, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a technique to control the size and composition of sub-n
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reports on the global phosphorus shortage that the planet is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Are protected areas even helpful is they’re so disjointed that wildlife can’t move between them? That’
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, reaching 465 degrees Celcius- a temperature hot enough to melt lead. Wh
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Hawaii have noticed that the Moon is turning slightly red or 'rusty'- and tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted the first-ever global mite biodiversity study and their fin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are calling on the sun to develop a conversion technique to transform carbon dioxide into fuels, pharmaceuti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2020
Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Texas have found that a huge amount of liquid water likely rained down from the skies
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Space & Astronomy
NASA has said that an asteroid known as 2018VP1 is heading towards Earth, and may potentially collide with our planet on
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 19, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres reports the discovery of equatorial winds at
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan