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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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MAR 08, 2019Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 05, 2019Videos
The global population is currently 7.7 billion (though you'll note that it was 7.6 billion at the time that this vid ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 05, 2019Space & Astronomy
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
While life is intrinsically connected to water, there are some so-called anhydrobiotic organisms that can survive for lo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
At least 79 confirmed moons are orbiting Jupiter as we speak, but four of those are of particular interest to astronomer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
It was just at the end of last year that NASA divulged its plans to resume lunar-centric science operations. Perhaps one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts first visited the Moon in the 1960s during the American space agency’s Apollo program, but fast-fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2019Space & Astronomy
It was only a few months ago that the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa-2 mission dropped a couple of ‘hoppin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Space & Astronomy
Following several months’ worth of failed attempts to reestablish a communication line with the Martian Opportunit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule (also known as 2014 MU69) on Ne ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2019Chemistry & Physics
As many believe, the Big Bang started our universe. But not everyone is aware that the early world is nothing like what ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 20, 2019Space & Astronomy
Our home planet of Earth only sports a single natural satellite that we subtly refer to as the ‘Moon.’ On th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2019Space & Astronomy
It was only a few days ago that the British RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft tested the concept of a tethered harpoon as a means ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2019Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 18, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is expected to launch sometime next year, so you’d be right to assume that NASA is ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
Mars may seem like a dull, desolate wasteland at first glance, but just like our home planet Earth, our planetary neighb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2019Microbiology
Researchers have developed a platform that uses AI to analyze how cells are infected by pathogen.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
Think back to Earth Science class in middle school. You probably learned that our planet has three layers: crust, mantle ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 17, 2019Videos
World Pangolin Day is celebrated the third Saturday of February every year in order to bring awareness to the world of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 14, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 13, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Opportunity rover was the interplanetary version of the little engine that could; unfortunately, it couldn& ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2019Space & Astronomy
The Earth’s molten iron core manufactures strong magnetic fields that shield the Earth from space radiation, such ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2019Space & Astronomy
The Earth is the only known habitable planet in the solar system, yet curious minds still wonder: what would happen if y ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 05, 2019
Videos
The global population is currently 7.7 billion (though you'll note that it was 7.6 billion at the time that this vid
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2019
Space & Astronomy
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
While life is intrinsically connected to water, there are some so-called anhydrobiotic organisms that can survive for lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
At least 79 confirmed moons are orbiting Jupiter as we speak, but four of those are of particular interest to astronomer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It was just at the end of last year that NASA divulged its plans to resume lunar-centric science operations. Perhaps one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts first visited the Moon in the 1960s during the American space agency’s Apollo program, but fast-fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It was only a few months ago that the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa-2 mission dropped a couple of ‘hoppin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Following several months’ worth of failed attempts to reestablish a communication line with the Martian Opportunit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule (also known as 2014 MU69) on Ne
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
As many believe, the Big Bang started our universe. But not everyone is aware that the early world is nothing like what
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 20, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Our home planet of Earth only sports a single natural satellite that we subtly refer to as the ‘Moon.’ On th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It was only a few days ago that the British RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft tested the concept of a tethered harpoon as a means
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 18, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is expected to launch sometime next year, so you’d be right to assume that NASA is ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Mars may seem like a dull, desolate wasteland at first glance, but just like our home planet Earth, our planetary neighb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2019
Microbiology
Researchers have developed a platform that uses AI to analyze how cells are infected by pathogen.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Think back to Earth Science class in middle school. You probably learned that our planet has three layers: crust, mantle
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 17, 2019
Videos
World Pangolin Day is celebrated the third Saturday of February every year in order to bring awareness to the world of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 14, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 13, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Opportunity rover was the interplanetary version of the little engine that could; unfortunately, it couldn&
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The Earth’s molten iron core manufactures strong magnetic fields that shield the Earth from space radiation, such
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The Earth is the only known habitable planet in the solar system, yet curious minds still wonder: what would happen if y
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard