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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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NOV 27, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a new painkiller dubbed to be as effective as opioids, only minus their disadvantages, from ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 26, 2019Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest known planet in our solar system, but even that isn’t the gas giant’s most discernibl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Algae were the first pants on earth, and they lived underwater. How they managed to move onto land was largely a mystery ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 24, 2019Microbiology
Different forms of microbes have been able to make a home even in the harshest conditions. But there are still locations ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2019Space & Astronomy
Space agencies and commercial space companies are taking the idea of colonizing Mars very seriously. There’s just ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
Far beyond the reach of the terrestrial and gas giant planets in our solar system exists an entirely different class of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2019Plants & Animals
Animal-caring staff from France’s La Planete Sauvage zoological park were put into a tough position this past week ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
It’s been just over a year since JAXA’s renowned Hayabusa-2 mission arrived at asteroid 162173 Ryugu to stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
Humans aren’t the only ones who will be thirstier in the coming decades of increased surface temperatures – ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 12, 2019Space & Astronomy
Monday was a particularly exciting day for amateur astronomers. It was the day that the planet Mercury performed a visib ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2019Space & Astronomy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that stood tall and proud at the launch pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
Almost everyone has heard by now that Elon Musk wants to launch well over 40,000 new satellites into space to deliver hi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
Earthlings are in for some celestial eye candy on Monday, November 11th. Mercury, the smallest of the solar system&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2019Earth & The Environment
A worldwide coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warns "clearly and unequivocally that plane ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Antarctic albatrosses are one of the world’s most distinguishable seabirds, and if you didn’t already know, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
The Juno mission, launched by NASA in 2011 to explore the fascinating Jovian system, finally arrived at its destination ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
Most probably remember the historic moments in the Summer of 2015 when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft each launched in 1977 for a unique opportunity to explore the solar system&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA has been working on an advanced successor to the Martian Curiosity rover for quite some time. Dubbed the Mars 2020 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Yale University have solved a mystery that has plagued scientists for decades. It’s well establish ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 21, 2019Space & Astronomy
Yes, you read that right; NASA would like to slam a purposefully built spacecraft into the surface of an asteroid. While ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface just under a year ago and has since deployed a suite of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
A new study from researchers with the Population Council in New York urges the world to take climate change from a new p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 16, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Boosting investment in renewable energy and reducing the use of fossil fuel are the two commonly acceptable measures to ...Written By: Daniel Duan
NOV 27, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a new painkiller dubbed to be as effective as opioids, only minus their disadvantages, from
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 26, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest known planet in our solar system, but even that isn’t the gas giant’s most discernibl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Algae were the first pants on earth, and they lived underwater. How they managed to move onto land was largely a mystery
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 24, 2019
Microbiology
Different forms of microbes have been able to make a home even in the harshest conditions. But there are still locations
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Space agencies and commercial space companies are taking the idea of colonizing Mars very seriously. There’s just
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Far beyond the reach of the terrestrial and gas giant planets in our solar system exists an entirely different class of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal-caring staff from France’s La Planete Sauvage zoological park were put into a tough position this past week
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It’s been just over a year since JAXA’s renowned Hayabusa-2 mission arrived at asteroid 162173 Ryugu to stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Humans aren’t the only ones who will be thirstier in the coming decades of increased surface temperatures –
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 12, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Monday was a particularly exciting day for amateur astronomers. It was the day that the planet Mercury performed a visib
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that stood tall and proud at the launch pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Almost everyone has heard by now that Elon Musk wants to launch well over 40,000 new satellites into space to deliver hi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Earthlings are in for some celestial eye candy on Monday, November 11th. Mercury, the smallest of the solar system&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A worldwide coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warns "clearly and unequivocally that plane
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Antarctic albatrosses are one of the world’s most distinguishable seabirds, and if you didn’t already know,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The Juno mission, launched by NASA in 2011 to explore the fascinating Jovian system, finally arrived at its destination
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Most probably remember the historic moments in the Summer of 2015 when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft each launched in 1977 for a unique opportunity to explore the solar system&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been working on an advanced successor to the Martian Curiosity rover for quite some time. Dubbed the Mars 2020
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Yale University have solved a mystery that has plagued scientists for decades. It’s well establish
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 21, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Yes, you read that right; NASA would like to slam a purposefully built spacecraft into the surface of an asteroid. While
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface just under a year ago and has since deployed a suite of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A new study from researchers with the Population Council in New York urges the world to take climate change from a new p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 16, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Boosting investment in renewable energy and reducing the use of fossil fuel are the two commonly acceptable measures to
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan