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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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APR 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
While space agencies may send astronauts to the International Space Station on a regular basis, it’s a bit more co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
What happens when the ocean doesn’t circulate as it should? Though you might not realize it, the natural circulati ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 10, 2018Videos
One of the most discernable features to be found on Jupiter is the Great Red Spot (GRS). It's ultimately an anticyclone ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
The European and Russian space agencies launched the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter back in 2016, and after a long journey an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
The upcoming launch date for one of NASA’s next major interplanetary missions is quickly approaching. The space ag ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2018Videos
The Earth has both a North and Sound pole, but what would happen if they flipped positions? According to planetary scien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2018Plants & Animals
Earth’s mountaintops generally exhibit harsher environmental conditions than we’d anticipate at normal eleva ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2018Videos
Whenever we send spacecraft into space or to another planetary body for scientific research, it's vital that we scrub it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 02, 2018Videos
On Earth, we sometimes experience something called an Earthquake; this is when Earth's tectonic plates shift in such a w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
China lost control of its Tiangong-1 space lab some time ago, and space experts have warned that it would plummet uncont ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2018Technology
Inside the space helmet replica, fish-eye optics, built-in audio and laser projection create "an exceptionally wide fiel ...Written By: Julia TraversMAR 27, 2018Videos
SpaceX's successful Falcon Heavy rocket launch in February marked a significant milestone for space travel. It's potenti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2018Plants & Animals
Brown bear cubs, like many other baby animals found throughout the animal kingdom, stay close to their mothers until the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
Tomorrow night the world will be celebrating Earth Hour, an event organized by grassroots groups in an effort to bring a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
World Water Day 2018 has arrived in full regale, celebrating 25 years of existence. This year, the theme is The Answer i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
The TRAPPIST-1 system made headlines last year when astronomers found not just one, but seven terrestrial Earth-like exo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2018Plants & Animals
Only three Northern white rhinos remained on the entire planet, but that number dropped to just two on Tuesday after Sud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2018Microbiology
It’s estimated that by 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet, and they will all need to be fe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2018Technology
With the use of specialized satellites, companies and governments can keep careful tabs on emissions.Written By: Julia TraversMAR 14, 2018Videos
NASA's upcoming Mars InSight mission will explore the inner workings of Mars to give us a better understanding of what m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While space agencies may send astronauts to the International Space Station on a regular basis, it’s a bit more co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
What happens when the ocean doesn’t circulate as it should? Though you might not realize it, the natural circulati
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 10, 2018
Videos
One of the most discernable features to be found on Jupiter is the Great Red Spot (GRS). It's ultimately an anticyclone
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The European and Russian space agencies launched the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter back in 2016, and after a long journey an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The upcoming launch date for one of NASA’s next major interplanetary missions is quickly approaching. The space ag
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2018
Videos
The Earth has both a North and Sound pole, but what would happen if they flipped positions? According to planetary scien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
Earth’s mountaintops generally exhibit harsher environmental conditions than we’d anticipate at normal eleva
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2018
Videos
Whenever we send spacecraft into space or to another planetary body for scientific research, it's vital that we scrub it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2018
Videos
On Earth, we sometimes experience something called an Earthquake; this is when Earth's tectonic plates shift in such a w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
China lost control of its Tiangong-1 space lab some time ago, and space experts have warned that it would plummet uncont
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2018
Technology
Inside the space helmet replica, fish-eye optics, built-in audio and laser projection create "an exceptionally wide fiel
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 27, 2018
Videos
SpaceX's successful Falcon Heavy rocket launch in February marked a significant milestone for space travel. It's potenti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
Brown bear cubs, like many other baby animals found throughout the animal kingdom, stay close to their mothers until the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Tomorrow night the world will be celebrating Earth Hour, an event organized by grassroots groups in an effort to bring a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
World Water Day 2018 has arrived in full regale, celebrating 25 years of existence. This year, the theme is The Answer i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The TRAPPIST-1 system made headlines last year when astronomers found not just one, but seven terrestrial Earth-like exo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2018
Plants & Animals
Only three Northern white rhinos remained on the entire planet, but that number dropped to just two on Tuesday after Sud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2018
Microbiology
It’s estimated that by 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet, and they will all need to be fe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2018
Technology
With the use of specialized satellites, companies and governments can keep careful tabs on emissions.
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 14, 2018
Videos
NASA's upcoming Mars InSight mission will explore the inner workings of Mars to give us a better understanding of what m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard