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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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MAY 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
Maine has taken a significant step to battle the generation of waste products: banning Styrofoam. The bill, which was si ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 30, 2019Space & Astronomy
Venus is a particularly strange planet, and this is part of the reason why planetary scientists have taken so much inter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 29, 2019Space & Astronomy
The inner solar system is teeming with what seems like an infinite number of small-to-large asteroids, some of which ten ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2019Microbiology
Oil-consuming microbes have been discovered in the deepest part of the oceans of Earth - the Mariana Trench.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
Moons occur throughout our solar system. The Earth only has one, but other sport several, including Mars, Jupiter, and S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 26, 2019Microbiology
After a global survey of the world's oceans, an international team of researchers has found almost 200,000 new species o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2019Chemistry & Physics
What if I tell you time travel is easier than it looks? Don't have to take my word for it. But in Stephen Hawking ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in Global Change Biology brings bad news from the Arctic: spring is here – early. The r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
When you look up at the Earth’s blue sky, you expect to see a fair balance of puffy white clouds filling the voids ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
Many different NASA-made landers, orbiters, and rovers have been sent to Mars over the years to study our red planetary ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Coral reefs play a critical role on the planet. They are some of the most biodiverse biomes, providing food and habitat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest-known planet in our solar system, and it’s also teeming with hydrogen gas. Based on its che ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2019Earth & The Environment
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló recently signed a renewable energy mandate committing the island to 100% re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2019Microbiology
Bacteria are all around us. They live on and inside of our bodies, and those microbes are able to easily share genes wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2019Videos
Composting can be intimidating, especially if you live in a city without a backyard or a tiny apartment with not even en ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
The worldwide celebration of Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when people rallied together to protest the declining bi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 18, 2019Chemistry & Physics
According to a recently published study, a group of physicists and computing scientists managed to "turned back the ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
It’s no secret that our planet is overrun with plastic debris. Plastic debris of all sizes reaches larger bodies o ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
When you look up into the sky at night, the Earth’s Moon is the brightest object you can see. But don’t let ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Identical twins offer scientists a unique way to look at the effects of the environment on human health.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
It’s been almost exactly one year since a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists in China is creating controversy with a new publication reported in the National Science Review, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2019Space & Astronomy
Mars looks like a dull and desolate wasteland at first glance, but it becomes a lot more enjoyable when you stop and app ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2019Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, much like Earth, but shortly after the start of the 21st century, astronomers seemin ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Maine has taken a significant step to battle the generation of waste products: banning Styrofoam. The bill, which was si
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Venus is a particularly strange planet, and this is part of the reason why planetary scientists have taken so much inter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 29, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The inner solar system is teeming with what seems like an infinite number of small-to-large asteroids, some of which ten
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2019
Microbiology
Oil-consuming microbes have been discovered in the deepest part of the oceans of Earth - the Mariana Trench.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Moons occur throughout our solar system. The Earth only has one, but other sport several, including Mars, Jupiter, and S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2019
Microbiology
After a global survey of the world's oceans, an international team of researchers has found almost 200,000 new species o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
What if I tell you time travel is easier than it looks? Don't have to take my word for it. But in Stephen Hawking
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in Global Change Biology brings bad news from the Arctic: spring is here – early. The r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
When you look up at the Earth’s blue sky, you expect to see a fair balance of puffy white clouds filling the voids
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Many different NASA-made landers, orbiters, and rovers have been sent to Mars over the years to study our red planetary
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Coral reefs play a critical role on the planet. They are some of the most biodiverse biomes, providing food and habitat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest-known planet in our solar system, and it’s also teeming with hydrogen gas. Based on its che
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló recently signed a renewable energy mandate committing the island to 100% re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2019
Microbiology
Bacteria are all around us. They live on and inside of our bodies, and those microbes are able to easily share genes wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2019
Videos
Composting can be intimidating, especially if you live in a city without a backyard or a tiny apartment with not even en
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The worldwide celebration of Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when people rallied together to protest the declining bi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 18, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
According to a recently published study, a group of physicists and computing scientists managed to "turned back the
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It’s no secret that our planet is overrun with plastic debris. Plastic debris of all sizes reaches larger bodies o
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When you look up into the sky at night, the Earth’s Moon is the brightest object you can see. But don’t let
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Identical twins offer scientists a unique way to look at the effects of the environment on human health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It’s been almost exactly one year since a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists in China is creating controversy with a new publication reported in the National Science Review, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Mars looks like a dull and desolate wasteland at first glance, but it becomes a lot more enjoyable when you stop and app
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, much like Earth, but shortly after the start of the 21st century, astronomers seemin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard