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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 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 DuanJUL 22, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Earth's magnetic poles have been on a hasty move in the last two decades. Recently, the geoscientists at Leeds Unive ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 19, 2020Space & Astronomy
Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Kononenko, has successfully carried out an experiment to engineer human cartilage in microgravit ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 19, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in Scientific Reports sheds light on how our planet’s water could have first come to be. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
The moon may have hosted an ocean of magma for 200 million years according to new findings- considerably longer than pre ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Have you ever heard of the geodynamo? Perhaps not, but its presence has certainly had a huge impact on your life. The th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
After landing on the Moon, heading to Mars became the next logical step for space exploration. Some suggest that flying ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
For the first time, astronomers have spotted a planet with an exposed core. Known as TOI-849b, the finding could help us ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 30, 2020Space & Astronomy
For some time, scientists have hypothesized that it may be raining diamonds deep inside Neptune and Uranus. They have no ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 29, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to send us incredible images of space. It has recently captured an image involving ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A collaboration of Japanese scientists has used laser technology called infrared-free electron laser (IR-FEL) to facilit ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
JUL 22, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Earth's magnetic poles have been on a hasty move in the last two decades. Recently, the geoscientists at Leeds Unive
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Kononenko, has successfully carried out an experiment to engineer human cartilage in microgravit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 19, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in Scientific Reports sheds light on how our planet’s water could have first come to be.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The moon may have hosted an ocean of magma for 200 million years according to new findings- considerably longer than pre
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Have you ever heard of the geodynamo? Perhaps not, but its presence has certainly had a huge impact on your life. The th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
After landing on the Moon, heading to Mars became the next logical step for space exploration. Some suggest that flying
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
For the first time, astronomers have spotted a planet with an exposed core. Known as TOI-849b, the finding could help us
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 30, 2020
Space & Astronomy
For some time, scientists have hypothesized that it may be raining diamonds deep inside Neptune and Uranus. They have no
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to send us incredible images of space. It has recently captured an image involving
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A collaboration of Japanese scientists has used laser technology called infrared-free electron laser (IR-FEL) to facilit
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan