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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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AUG 19, 2018Videos
Whenever you glance at a flat world map, you should take what you see with a grain of salt. One in particular, known as ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of California, Berkeley has set out to think more critically about an ide ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research is a hot commodity among astronomers. Not only can it teach us more about planetary formation and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2018Technology
Solar panels are one of the cleanest and most environmentally-friendly means of powering the stuff we use every day. Tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
While scanning far and wide with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers fro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased sign ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2018Technology
Can a video game build positive growth for children? According to a study published in the Science of Learning (a Nature ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Organophosphates are especially dangerous to animals like whales, seals and dolphins.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Mathematics is an abstract method to describe topics such as quantity, structure, and even space, which sometimes presen ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 07, 2018Health & Medicine
Hey everyone, it’s snack time! Come on up and grab some delicious crickets, yum yum. Said no one ever. But maybe, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 06, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) officially began scientific operations at the end of last mont ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2018Plants & Animals
Fish depend on olfaction for a plethora of things, including food discovery, predator evasion, navigation, and recogniti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2018Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2018Space & Astronomy
There’s seemingly endless evidence that water once flowed on the Martian surface, and in addition to that, many th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2018Chemistry & Physics
We live on Earth, the so-called blue planet. Without water, Earth would not be "blue" at all, not to mention t ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 30, 2018Videos
Scientists first discovered planet Venus as an inferno of acid rain. But, most uniquely, it was a planet that spins back ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
Mars is a bleak and lifeless place today, at least when compared to Earth’s standards. With that in mind, it&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2018Space & Astronomy
Depending on location, those that turned their attention to the night sky on Friday, July 27th might have noticed a part ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA, in an official statement this week, announced that its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission had co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you look up into the night sky from July 27th to July 31st, then you might see what appears to be an ultra-luminous s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
To you and I, the Earth might seem like a large place. But in astronomical terms, our planet is actually quite small. Co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Plants of the future may not need to be fertilized; they might create their own nutrients. That could be a huge relief f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
Talk about a new form of clean energy! UK-based nuclear fusion company, Tokamak Energy, is in the process of developing ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, with its immense gravitational influence over the solar system, has always possessed a rather excessive number ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2018
Videos
Whenever you glance at a flat world map, you should take what you see with a grain of salt. One in particular, known as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of California, Berkeley has set out to think more critically about an ide
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research is a hot commodity among astronomers. Not only can it teach us more about planetary formation and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2018
Technology
Solar panels are one of the cleanest and most environmentally-friendly means of powering the stuff we use every day. Tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While scanning far and wide with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased sign
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2018
Technology
Can a video game build positive growth for children? According to a study published in the Science of Learning (a Nature
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Organophosphates are especially dangerous to animals like whales, seals and dolphins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Mathematics is an abstract method to describe topics such as quantity, structure, and even space, which sometimes presen
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 07, 2018
Health & Medicine
Hey everyone, it’s snack time! Come on up and grab some delicious crickets, yum yum. Said no one ever. But maybe,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) officially began scientific operations at the end of last mont
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
Fish depend on olfaction for a plethora of things, including food discovery, predator evasion, navigation, and recogniti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2018
Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2018
Space & Astronomy
There’s seemingly endless evidence that water once flowed on the Martian surface, and in addition to that, many th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
We live on Earth, the so-called blue planet. Without water, Earth would not be "blue" at all, not to mention t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 30, 2018
Videos
Scientists first discovered planet Venus as an inferno of acid rain. But, most uniquely, it was a planet that spins back
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Mars is a bleak and lifeless place today, at least when compared to Earth’s standards. With that in mind, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Depending on location, those that turned their attention to the night sky on Friday, July 27th might have noticed a part
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA, in an official statement this week, announced that its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission had co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you look up into the night sky from July 27th to July 31st, then you might see what appears to be an ultra-luminous s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
To you and I, the Earth might seem like a large place. But in astronomical terms, our planet is actually quite small. Co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Plants of the future may not need to be fertilized; they might create their own nutrients. That could be a huge relief f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Talk about a new form of clean energy! UK-based nuclear fusion company, Tokamak Energy, is in the process of developing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, with its immense gravitational influence over the solar system, has always possessed a rather excessive number
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard