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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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FEB 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
What impact do algae have on the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biolog ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can melting permafrost influence climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Nat ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
What aspects of an exoplanet should astronomers focus on to find signs of extraterrestrial life? Should they focus on th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
Is there life on Mars or has life ever existed in its ancient past? What conditions would be the right combination for l ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover has been exploring Jezero Crater on Mars since it landed there in February 2021. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
How do solar systems form, and are these formation mechanisms similar across the universe? This is what a recent study p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Little Helicopter That Could, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, has unfortunately ended its miss ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
As climate change continues to ravage the planet, coastal cities are at the highest risk due to coastal flooding attribu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did our solar system form and is this process similar in other solar systems throughout the universe? This is what a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
In space, not everything is how it seems, and this might be the case with Uranus and Neptune, as a study scheduled to be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
Meteorologists on Earth struggle to predict the weather, but what about scientists trying to predict the weather on exop ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 03, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can a lack of certain atmospheric characteristics in an exoplanet be a sign of life? This is what a team of internationa ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 03, 2024Space & Astronomy
What are the criteria for an extraterrestrial civilization to become a technological species? This is what a recent stud ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 26, 2023Earth & The Environment
The Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. It is a region that is warming faster than other parts of the globe, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2023Space & Astronomy
Could Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, hold the ingredients for life as we know it? This is what a recent study publi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 19, 2023Space & Astronomy
Could Earth end up with a runaway greenhouse effect like Venus someday, and what could this mean for finding life on exo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 15, 2023Earth & The Environment
For many years, there has been broad consensus and agreement among the vast majority of scientists and experts that burn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal and presented at this week’s American Geophysical Union Annu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 12, 2023Space & Astronomy
Recent discoveries made at this week’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2023 in San Francisco revea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What impact do algae have on the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biolog
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can melting permafrost influence climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Nat
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What aspects of an exoplanet should astronomers focus on to find signs of extraterrestrial life? Should they focus on th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Is there life on Mars or has life ever existed in its ancient past? What conditions would be the right combination for l
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover has been exploring Jezero Crater on Mars since it landed there in February 2021.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do solar systems form, and are these formation mechanisms similar across the universe? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Little Helicopter That Could, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, has unfortunately ended its miss
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
As climate change continues to ravage the planet, coastal cities are at the highest risk due to coastal flooding attribu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did our solar system form and is this process similar in other solar systems throughout the universe? This is what a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
In space, not everything is how it seems, and this might be the case with Uranus and Neptune, as a study scheduled to be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Meteorologists on Earth struggle to predict the weather, but what about scientists trying to predict the weather on exop
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 03, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can a lack of certain atmospheric characteristics in an exoplanet be a sign of life? This is what a team of internationa
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 03, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What are the criteria for an extraterrestrial civilization to become a technological species? This is what a recent stud
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 26, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. It is a region that is warming faster than other parts of the globe,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Could Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, hold the ingredients for life as we know it? This is what a recent study publi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 19, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Could Earth end up with a runaway greenhouse effect like Venus someday, and what could this mean for finding life on exo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 15, 2023
Earth & The Environment
For many years, there has been broad consensus and agreement among the vast majority of scientists and experts that burn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal and presented at this week’s American Geophysical Union Annu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 12, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Recent discoveries made at this week’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2023 in San Francisco revea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc