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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 02, 2019Space & Astronomy
It seems like this past week was a particularly productive one for the team over at NASA. Not only were the two halves o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission officially landed on Mars last November, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the media hyped this m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2019Space & Astronomy
Back in 2013, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched a Mars-orbiting spacecraft dubbed the Mars Orbiter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2019Microbiology
Archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life and exist in some of the most extreme environments on the planet.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2019Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions, such as those to the Moon and Mars, are in our future. NASA, SpaceX, and other top-tier entities in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2019Plants & Animals
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From 2000–2010, global consumption of antibiotics rose by 35% up to 70 billion doses each year. Although doctors a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
The US National Weather Service has reported some unusual weather in the Arctic circle. The NWS station in Fairbanks, Al ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 19, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 mission involves much more than just another land-based rover – it will also pione ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2019Plants & Animals
If we were ever to send humans to Mars for a long-term or permanent visit, then it’d be essential that we develop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2019Microbiology
The world is full of bacteria that have to share the world with myriad species, and often have to live in competition wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2019Space & Astronomy
Just over two years ago, astronomers learned that the TRAPPIST-1 system played host to at least seven terrestrial Earth- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2019Chemistry & Physics
About every 11 years our Sun undergoes a solar cycle, also known as the solar magnetic activity cycle. Since its first d ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA takes advantage of the Hubble Space Telescope’s powerful imaging capabilities to photograph both neighboring ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
A USC-led research team discovered the unique role that a light-capturing marine microbe plays in regulating Earth&rsquo ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters takes a deeper look on the potentials that solar geoengineering m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is responsible for capturing some of the most detailed images of distant galaxies, b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2019Microbiology
There are organisms that can use the magnetic field of the earth to navigate, including animals like honey bees and migr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 31, 2019Space & Astronomy
Astronauts on the International Space Station do a whole lot more than spacewalk and glance out the window at the beauti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2019Earth & The Environment
You know things have gotten bad when the Arctic starts burning. Since June, over 100 wildfires have consumed the Arctic, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 30, 2019Space & Astronomy
Our solar system is chock-full of moons besides the one that orbits our own planet, and perhaps one of the most intrigui ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2019Earth & The Environment
Do you think the droughts we suffer from now are bad? Centuries ago the American Southwest was plagued with approximatel ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
Last year we thought we had twelve years to save the planet from a climate doomsday. Now it seems we may only have 18 mo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It seems like this past week was a particularly productive one for the team over at NASA. Not only were the two halves o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission officially landed on Mars last November, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the media hyped this m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Back in 2013, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched a Mars-orbiting spacecraft dubbed the Mars Orbiter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2019
Microbiology
Archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life and exist in some of the most extreme environments on the planet.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions, such as those to the Moon and Mars, are in our future. NASA, SpaceX, and other top-tier entities in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
When watching TV shows about wildlife in its natural habitat, filmmakers for popular firms such as Animal Planet and Nat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2019
Cancer
From 2000–2010, global consumption of antibiotics rose by 35% up to 70 billion doses each year. Although doctors a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The US National Weather Service has reported some unusual weather in the Arctic circle. The NWS station in Fairbanks, Al
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 mission involves much more than just another land-based rover – it will also pione
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2019
Plants & Animals
If we were ever to send humans to Mars for a long-term or permanent visit, then it’d be essential that we develop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2019
Microbiology
The world is full of bacteria that have to share the world with myriad species, and often have to live in competition wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Just over two years ago, astronomers learned that the TRAPPIST-1 system played host to at least seven terrestrial Earth-
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
About every 11 years our Sun undergoes a solar cycle, also known as the solar magnetic activity cycle. Since its first d
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA takes advantage of the Hubble Space Telescope’s powerful imaging capabilities to photograph both neighboring
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A USC-led research team discovered the unique role that a light-capturing marine microbe plays in regulating Earth&rsquo
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters takes a deeper look on the potentials that solar geoengineering m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is responsible for capturing some of the most detailed images of distant galaxies, b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2019
Microbiology
There are organisms that can use the magnetic field of the earth to navigate, including animals like honey bees and migr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 31, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Astronauts on the International Space Station do a whole lot more than spacewalk and glance out the window at the beauti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2019
Earth & The Environment
You know things have gotten bad when the Arctic starts burning. Since June, over 100 wildfires have consumed the Arctic,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Our solar system is chock-full of moons besides the one that orbits our own planet, and perhaps one of the most intrigui
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Do you think the droughts we suffer from now are bad? Centuries ago the American Southwest was plagued with approximatel
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Last year we thought we had twelve years to save the planet from a climate doomsday. Now it seems we may only have 18 mo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan