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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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JUN 05, 2018Plants & Animals
Earth’s oceans and the animals that inhabit them are experiencing a crisis; rogue pieces of plastic pollution pose ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
Of course, we want everything to be recyclable - you’re definitely not the only one who has thrown a wishful item ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 30, 2018Plants & Animals
Unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life on Earth can be a daunting task. Researchers often derive clues from uneart ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2018Plants & Animals
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Earth is no stranger to asteroids, but that's no reason to let our guard down. While many smaller asteroids break up in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
New Horizons flew past Pluto almost three years ago, giving planetary scientists their closest look yet at one of the mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2018Neuroscience
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There are several factors blamed for the rise of antibiotic resistance, and now it seems that climate change and populat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
Back in December, a critical component of the Mars-based Curiosity rover’s drill stopped working. In particular, t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The Most Mysterious Object in the Universe (Physics Girl) To astronomers, the status of brown dwarf has been quite ambig ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 22, 2018Videos
Earth might be our natural home in the solar system, but many scientists propose terraforming nearby planets like Mars a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2018Space & Astronomy
Rocket manufacturer Orbital ATK received the spotlight after launching a resupply mission for astronauts onboard the Int ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2018Technology
NASA Studies Astrobiology: Life on Earth and ElsewhereWritten By: Julia TraversMAY 14, 2018Videos
Much of the world is getting fired up about sending astronauts to explore extraplanetary bodies such as Mars or the Moon ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
We’re used to seeing airplanes and helicopters in the sky on Earth, but scientists still aren’t entirely sur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2018Cardiology
The negative health consequences that develop as a result of exposure to pollution in the environment starts before birt ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 09, 2018Videos
In case you missed it, NASA launched the InSight mission to Mars from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2018Space & Astronomy
At least 25 proposed space exploration concepts were submitted to the European Space Agency by the scientific community ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 07, 2018Videos
There are so many exoplanets out there that it's difficult to keep track of them all, but a significant amount of them a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
Another day, another discovery. Researchers from both the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) and Unive ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In the few months before his passing, the legendary physicist Stephen Hawking was working Prof Thomas Hertog from KU Leu ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 03, 2018Videos
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NASA will soon launch the GRACE-FO mission to understand better how climate change impacts water movement on our planet. ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
Earth’s oceans and the animals that inhabit them are experiencing a crisis; rogue pieces of plastic pollution pose
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Of course, we want everything to be recyclable - you’re definitely not the only one who has thrown a wishful item
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
Unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life on Earth can be a daunting task. Researchers often derive clues from uneart
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2018
Videos
Earth is no stranger to asteroids, but that's no reason to let our guard down. While many smaller asteroids break up in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons flew past Pluto almost three years ago, giving planetary scientists their closest look yet at one of the mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2018
Neuroscience
The human brain has a big job. It runs every system of the body, 24/7/365 and it does so better than any supercomputer o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 25, 2018
Microbiology
There are several factors blamed for the rise of antibiotic resistance, and now it seems that climate change and populat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in December, a critical component of the Mars-based Curiosity rover’s drill stopped working. In particular, t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The Most Mysterious Object in the Universe (Physics Girl) To astronomers, the status of brown dwarf has been quite ambig
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 22, 2018
Videos
Earth might be our natural home in the solar system, but many scientists propose terraforming nearby planets like Mars a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Rocket manufacturer Orbital ATK received the spotlight after launching a resupply mission for astronauts onboard the Int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2018
Technology
NASA Studies Astrobiology: Life on Earth and Elsewhere
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 14, 2018
Videos
Much of the world is getting fired up about sending astronauts to explore extraplanetary bodies such as Mars or the Moon
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
We’re used to seeing airplanes and helicopters in the sky on Earth, but scientists still aren’t entirely sur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2018
Cardiology
The negative health consequences that develop as a result of exposure to pollution in the environment starts before birt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 09, 2018
Videos
In case you missed it, NASA launched the InSight mission to Mars from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
At least 25 proposed space exploration concepts were submitted to the European Space Agency by the scientific community
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2018
Videos
There are so many exoplanets out there that it's difficult to keep track of them all, but a significant amount of them a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Another day, another discovery. Researchers from both the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) and Unive
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In the few months before his passing, the legendary physicist Stephen Hawking was working Prof Thomas Hertog from KU Leu
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 03, 2018
Videos
There are roughly 5,000 species of mammals, animals within the class Mammalia. That means all those animals have vertebr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 02, 2018
Videos
NASA will soon launch the GRACE-FO mission to understand better how climate change impacts water movement on our planet.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard