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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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JUL 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
One of the most widely accepted notions regarding the formation of the universe is the Big Bang theory. In a nutshell, i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2019Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions are becoming an increasingly relevant topic of discussion in the space community these days, and per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
Mountaineer Bryan Mestre wasn’t expecting to run into a lake formed from glacier melt while on a hike recently in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 19, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Long before Earth became a hotbed for a diversity of life forms, its atmosphere had almost no oxygen. Thanks to the emer ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
Planet Earth – the place we all call our home – rotates on its axis with a 23.5-degree tilt. Planetary scien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2019Space & Astronomy
Saturn is one of the solar system’s most captivating planets. That said, it’s no surprise that scientists sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2019Microbiology
Mother Nature has produced some very durable, tough materials, and some of the best synthetic materials are based on nat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2019Space & Astronomy
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at asteroid 162173 Ryugu last Summer, and it continues to conduct scientific ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2019Microbiology
An international team of researchers has given the term travel bug new meaning.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to develop a $1 Billion mission dubbed ‘Dragonfly’ to study Saturn’s moon Titan, a wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2019Space & Astronomy
When looking at the bulk of distant exoplanets discovered by astronomers over the years, one thing seems obvious: most o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2019Space & Astronomy
Several planetary bodies in the solar system are of particular interest to planetary scientists because they may teach u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2019Space & Astronomy
At the end of May, SpaceX launched a payload comprising of 60 Starlink internet satellites into space to develop the bac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 02, 2019Space & Astronomy
Perhaps one of the most alarming hurdles that impacts the future of spaceflight today is the sheer amount of space junk ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard something about the Starlink internet satellit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2019Space & Astronomy
The cold and unforgiving environment in outer space presents a lot of challenges, with one of those being power generati ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes the term futur ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once called a planet in our solar system, but those definitions changed in 2006, and this officially demoted P ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
When planetary scientists deploy space missions to explore other worlds in search of alien life, they often look for sig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
After unforeseen delays, SpaceX officially deployed 60 of its Starlink satellites into space at the end of last month to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
Among the bevy of natural satellites that orbit the solar system’s largest-known planet, Europa is perhaps one of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
Mars has two natural satellites: Deimos and Phobos; the latter orbits Mars closer than any other moon orbiting the other ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2019Space & Astronomy
Space agencies all around the globe are continuously trying to learn more about the universe around us. One of the best ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
The UK is breaking records with a no-coal streak of 16 days in counting as of yesterday. This is the first time in over ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
One of the most widely accepted notions regarding the formation of the universe is the Big Bang theory. In a nutshell, i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions are becoming an increasingly relevant topic of discussion in the space community these days, and per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Mountaineer Bryan Mestre wasn’t expecting to run into a lake formed from glacier melt while on a hike recently in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 19, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Long before Earth became a hotbed for a diversity of life forms, its atmosphere had almost no oxygen. Thanks to the emer
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Planet Earth – the place we all call our home – rotates on its axis with a 23.5-degree tilt. Planetary scien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Saturn is one of the solar system’s most captivating planets. That said, it’s no surprise that scientists sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2019
Microbiology
Mother Nature has produced some very durable, tough materials, and some of the best synthetic materials are based on nat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at asteroid 162173 Ryugu last Summer, and it continues to conduct scientific
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2019
Microbiology
An international team of researchers has given the term travel bug new meaning.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to develop a $1 Billion mission dubbed ‘Dragonfly’ to study Saturn’s moon Titan, a wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When looking at the bulk of distant exoplanets discovered by astronomers over the years, one thing seems obvious: most o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Several planetary bodies in the solar system are of particular interest to planetary scientists because they may teach u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2019
Space & Astronomy
At the end of May, SpaceX launched a payload comprising of 60 Starlink internet satellites into space to develop the bac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 02, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Perhaps one of the most alarming hurdles that impacts the future of spaceflight today is the sheer amount of space junk
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard something about the Starlink internet satellit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The cold and unforgiving environment in outer space presents a lot of challenges, with one of those being power generati
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes the term futur
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once called a planet in our solar system, but those definitions changed in 2006, and this officially demoted P
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When planetary scientists deploy space missions to explore other worlds in search of alien life, they often look for sig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
After unforeseen delays, SpaceX officially deployed 60 of its Starlink satellites into space at the end of last month to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Among the bevy of natural satellites that orbit the solar system’s largest-known planet, Europa is perhaps one of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Mars has two natural satellites: Deimos and Phobos; the latter orbits Mars closer than any other moon orbiting the other
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Space agencies all around the globe are continuously trying to learn more about the universe around us. One of the best
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The UK is breaking records with a no-coal streak of 16 days in counting as of yesterday. This is the first time in over
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan