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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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JAN 14, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on the Martian surface on January 25th, 2004 to explore in the name of science, bu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published earlier this month suggests that the deepest waters of the Pacific ocean may not be following the war ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 08, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA has sent a lot of spacecraft to Mars to explore the red planet for clues about its formation and suitability for li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA may have said goodbye to its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of October last year, but the American space agency ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2019Space & Astronomy
Unlike many other planets in the solar system, Earth only has one natural satellite, universally called the ‘Moon. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons probe made history again last week after it became the first spacecraft to perform a fly-by ob ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 04, 2019Microbiology
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the Florida Museum of National History have banded together to urge other scientists to take advantage o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
What is the Green New Deal? This is a term that has been thrown around a lot in recent months, equally in the political ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 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
Fifteen-year-old environmental justice activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden took the climate talks at the COP24 summit by ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 16, 2018Space & 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 BouchardDEC 13, 2018Earth & 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 SullivanDEC 10, 2018Microbiology
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 Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on the Martian surface on January 25th, 2004 to explore in the name of science, bu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published earlier this month suggests that the deepest waters of the Pacific ocean may not be following the war
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA has sent a lot of spacecraft to Mars to explore the red planet for clues about its formation and suitability for li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA may have said goodbye to its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of October last year, but the American space agency
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Unlike many other planets in the solar system, Earth only has one natural satellite, universally called the ‘Moon.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons probe made history again last week after it became the first spacecraft to perform a fly-by ob
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 04, 2019
Microbiology
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the Florida Museum of National History have banded together to urge other scientists to take advantage o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
What is the Green New Deal? This is a term that has been thrown around a lot in recent months, equally in the political
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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