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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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DEC 31, 2018Space & Astronomy
It’s here; the moment we’ve all been waiting for. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is about to tango wit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
It’s only been about a month since NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface, but it has alr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always peeking through the lenses of their fancy space telescopes to learn more about the universe aroun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, a Dyson sphere is a speculative megastructure that harvests a star's en ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 24, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been following the news lately, then you might’ve heard that Saturn is losing its rings more quick ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 23, 2018Videos
It's great to get into the holiday spirit, but there's no way around it: some things about the holidays are just ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface less than a month ago, and it’s already gearing up ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
When most people think about the solar system, they envision all the planets and everything in between – typically ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
Only a handful of worlds in the solar system sport planetary rings, but Saturn’s are the most robust. You’ve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2018Videos
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Deep within the surface of the earth lies a gargantuan amount of carbon in the form of various types of microbial life.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
It’s been less than two weeks since NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and He ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 07, 2018Microbiology
Researchers may have found a great new way to study tags that are added to the genome, which change how genes are expres ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following a two-year journey through our solar system, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identific ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following a six-month journey through space, NASA’s InSight spacecraft made a safe-and-sound landing on Mars&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
Why are we here, and where did we come from? Humankind has been asking these questions since the dawn of time, but legit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
Humankind has sent spacecraft to a plethora of worlds in our solar system, including asteroids, comets, moons, and plane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
When you think about exoplanet research, NASA’s now-retired Kepler Space Telescope comes to mind. Kepler did a lot ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Filmed rocket launches have become the norm here on Earth, but most cameras are situated at ground level, either shootin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
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Smaller mammals, especially rodents, are rather low on the universal food chain. Due to the nature of their bite-sized p ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It’s here; the moment we’ve all been waiting for. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is about to tango wit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It’s only been about a month since NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface, but it has alr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always peeking through the lenses of their fancy space telescopes to learn more about the universe aroun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, a Dyson sphere is a speculative megastructure that harvests a star's en
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been following the news lately, then you might’ve heard that Saturn is losing its rings more quick
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2018
Videos
It's great to get into the holiday spirit, but there's no way around it: some things about the holidays are just
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface less than a month ago, and it’s already gearing up
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When most people think about the solar system, they envision all the planets and everything in between – typically
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Only a handful of worlds in the solar system sport planetary rings, but Saturn’s are the most robust. You’ve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Videos
Fifteen-year-old environmental justice activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden took the climate talks at the COP24 summit by
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Jezero Crater is a site on the Martian surface where NASA expects the upcoming Mars 2020 rover to land and begin its ini
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The approaching climate doomsday has been the talk of the town lately – but particularly so for the Midwest agricu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 10, 2018
Microbiology
Deep within the surface of the earth lies a gargantuan amount of carbon in the form of various types of microbial life.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It’s been less than two weeks since NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and He
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 07, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers may have found a great new way to study tags that are added to the genome, which change how genes are expres
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following a two-year journey through our solar system, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identific
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following a six-month journey through space, NASA’s InSight spacecraft made a safe-and-sound landing on Mars&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Why are we here, and where did we come from? Humankind has been asking these questions since the dawn of time, but legit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Humankind has sent spacecraft to a plethora of worlds in our solar system, including asteroids, comets, moons, and plane
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When you think about exoplanet research, NASA’s now-retired Kepler Space Telescope comes to mind. Kepler did a lot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Filmed rocket launches have become the norm here on Earth, but most cameras are situated at ground level, either shootin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA lately, then you’ve undoubtedly heard about the space agency&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2018
Plants & Animals
Smaller mammals, especially rodents, are rather low on the universal food chain. Due to the nature of their bite-sized p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard