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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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NOV 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
You might think that the weather can get nasty here on Earth, but it pales in comparison to the weather on other planets ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2018Earth & The Environment
A study published today in the journal Nature reported that our oceans have been taking more than their fair share of he ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 31, 2018Videos
Venus’s fate may have come down from its distance from the sun. The exact distances of the Venus zone are based on ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 31, 2018Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
The case of the group of 21 youths who are suing the federal government for its apathy towards climate change and promot ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
For more than nine-and-a-half years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope helped curious astronomers on their quest to id ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2018Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 25, 2018Microbiology
Our environment contains millions of other organisms, including fungal species that live in every conceivable place.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2018Space & Astronomy
Back in August, a Delta IV Heavy rocket ignited its engines and lofted NASA’s highly-anticipated Parker Solar Prob ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 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 Sullivan
NOV 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
You might think that the weather can get nasty here on Earth, but it pales in comparison to the weather on other planets
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A study published today in the journal Nature reported that our oceans have been taking more than their fair share of he
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 31, 2018
Videos
Venus’s fate may have come down from its distance from the sun. The exact distances of the Venus zone are based on
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The case of the group of 21 youths who are suing the federal government for its apathy towards climate change and promot
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
For more than nine-and-a-half years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope helped curious astronomers on their quest to id
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 25, 2018
Microbiology
Our environment contains millions of other organisms, including fungal species that live in every conceivable place.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in August, a Delta IV Heavy rocket ignited its engines and lofted NASA’s highly-anticipated Parker Solar Prob
...
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