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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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OCT 24, 2018Chemistry & Physics
For every second, the solar wind blasts the Earth with millions of billions of high energy particles, and thanks to the ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 23, 2018Microbiology
Cells are the basic building blocks of life, and have been well-studied since they were discovered in 1655.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2018Videos
Researchers once thought that there were only a few thousand bacterial species on the planet - a gross underestimation.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science from scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) may change the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 21, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Earth rotates in a specific direction, from West to East. But have you ever wondered what would happen if our planet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
It was almost one full year ago that an unforeseen interstellar object whizzed through the solar system. Immediately aft ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 17, 2018Earth & The Environment
The report released from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last week shook the world w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 15, 2018Plants & Animals
As climate change rears its ugly head, Winters are getting shorter and the Spring season is kicking off earlier in the y ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 10, 2018Videos
Personality tests like the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and others are used to find out what a person is ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Current Biology suggests that despite efforts to clean up our oceans, marine debri ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know by now that NASA’s planning to send another rover to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
Roughly one-quarter of the climate change crisis can be attributed to the choices we make about the food we eat. A new s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The bacterium responsible for Tuberculosis has found a way to avoid antibiotics by hiding inside the macrophages which a ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 03, 2018Space & Astronomy
While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 01, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto and capture stun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Earth’s plants and animals form a symbiotic relationship. As plants convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission, ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
Dust storms aren’t particularly pleasant, but you should consider yourself lucky if you ever get to experience one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Infographics
Our oceans are getting more and more acidic - but why? Though the planet's oceans maintained a relatively constant l ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 24, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers restlessly search for distant exoplanets, not only because they can teach us more about the planet we live o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
For every second, the solar wind blasts the Earth with millions of billions of high energy particles, and thanks to the
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 23, 2018
Microbiology
Cells are the basic building blocks of life, and have been well-studied since they were discovered in 1655.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2018
Videos
Researchers once thought that there were only a few thousand bacterial species on the planet - a gross underestimation.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science from scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) may change the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 21, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Earth rotates in a specific direction, from West to East. But have you ever wondered what would happen if our planet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It was almost one full year ago that an unforeseen interstellar object whizzed through the solar system. Immediately aft
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 17, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The report released from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last week shook the world w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 15, 2018
Plants & Animals
As climate change rears its ugly head, Winters are getting shorter and the Spring season is kicking off earlier in the y
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 10, 2018
Videos
Personality tests like the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and others are used to find out what a person is
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Current Biology suggests that despite efforts to clean up our oceans, marine debri
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know by now that NASA’s planning to send another rover to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Roughly one-quarter of the climate change crisis can be attributed to the choices we make about the food we eat. A new s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The bacterium responsible for Tuberculosis has found a way to avoid antibiotics by hiding inside the macrophages which a
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 03, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 01, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto and capture stun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Earth’s plants and animals form a symbiotic relationship. As plants convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Dust storms aren’t particularly pleasant, but you should consider yourself lucky if you ever get to experience one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Infographics
Our oceans are getting more and more acidic - but why? Though the planet's oceans maintained a relatively constant l
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers restlessly search for distant exoplanets, not only because they can teach us more about the planet we live o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard