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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 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
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA lately, then you’ve undoubtedly heard about the space agency&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2018Plants & 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 BouchardNOV 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
There are five places on our planet where gravity doesn't seem to work. It might sound crazy, so maybe you should ju ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
After searching the ice-covered lands of Greenland, scientists have discovered what appears to be a massive impact crate ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA lately, then you’ve undoubtedly heard a lot about the space agen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists with NASA have spent the better part of five years analyzing the Martian surface and trying to deci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s InSight lander arrives at Mars, it will land near the planet’s equator at Elysium Planitia. This ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
At six light-years away from Earth, Barnard’s Star holds the title of the second-closest stellar neighbor to our s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2018Microbiology
Northern Chile is home to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama Desert.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s New Horizons probe conducted its historic fly-by of Pluto in 2015, the American space agency received ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2018Technology
Trying to capture the attention of alien astronomers sounds like pure pseudoscience or something ripped off the synopsis ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
As humankind sets sight on the interstellar space, some may forget that there are still plenty of mysteries remained wit ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Trichoplax adhaerens has no muscles, neurons, or defined shape but still makes coordinated movement.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2018Space & Astronomy
In May, an Atlas V rocket blasted off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base and lofted NASA’s InSight ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2018Space & Astronomy
In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn mission to explore the Asteroid Belt between the planets of Mars and Jupiter. The Dawn s ...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
NOV 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
There are five places on our planet where gravity doesn't seem to work. It might sound crazy, so maybe you should ju
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
After searching the ice-covered lands of Greenland, scientists have discovered what appears to be a massive impact crate
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA lately, then you’ve undoubtedly heard a lot about the space agen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists with NASA have spent the better part of five years analyzing the Martian surface and trying to deci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s InSight lander arrives at Mars, it will land near the planet’s equator at Elysium Planitia. This
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
At six light-years away from Earth, Barnard’s Star holds the title of the second-closest stellar neighbor to our s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2018
Microbiology
Northern Chile is home to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama Desert.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s New Horizons probe conducted its historic fly-by of Pluto in 2015, the American space agency received
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2018
Technology
Trying to capture the attention of alien astronomers sounds like pure pseudoscience or something ripped off the synopsis
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
As humankind sets sight on the interstellar space, some may forget that there are still plenty of mysteries remained wit
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trichoplax adhaerens has no muscles, neurons, or defined shape but still makes coordinated movement.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In May, an Atlas V rocket blasted off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base and lofted NASA’s InSight
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn mission to explore the Asteroid Belt between the planets of Mars and Jupiter. The Dawn s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard