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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 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 DuanAUG 12, 2020Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are enormous wells of gravity that bind galaxies together and emit bright X-ray beams. Known to ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Last Tuesday, twin explosions ruptured the sky of Beirut, the Lebanese capital city. The second blast's shockwave wa ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 09, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the currents in the Gulf Stream are slowing down. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
Physicists have found that in the distant past, Mars may not have been warm enough to carry vast oceans. Instead, in new ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 02, 2020Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
It’s commonly said that roughly half of all missions to Mars have succeeded- while roughly half have failed. But a ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The act of "dancing" is not limited to humans, as scientists recently discovered. According to a group of Holl ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 27, 2020Neuroscience
Although people are very skilled at using their hands, they take a long time to master how to use them. Meanwhile, for m ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 26, 2020Earth & The Environment
The first active methane seep in Antarctica has been found in the Ross Sea. This geological finding provides a crucial o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
New research has identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that are thought to have been active recently.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Chemistry & Physics
William Gilbert, the British physicist and physician who experimentally verified the magnetic nature of our planet, cont ...Written By: Daniel Duan
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
AUG 12, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are enormous wells of gravity that bind galaxies together and emit bright X-ray beams. Known to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Last Tuesday, twin explosions ruptured the sky of Beirut, the Lebanese capital city. The second blast's shockwave wa
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 09, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the currents in the Gulf Stream are slowing down.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Physicists have found that in the distant past, Mars may not have been warm enough to carry vast oceans. Instead, in new
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 02, 2020
Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
It’s commonly said that roughly half of all missions to Mars have succeeded- while roughly half have failed. But a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The act of "dancing" is not limited to humans, as scientists recently discovered. According to a group of Holl
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 27, 2020
Neuroscience
Although people are very skilled at using their hands, they take a long time to master how to use them. Meanwhile, for m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 26, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The first active methane seep in Antarctica has been found in the Ross Sea. This geological finding provides a crucial o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
New research has identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that are thought to have been active recently.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
William Gilbert, the British physicist and physician who experimentally verified the magnetic nature of our planet, cont
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan