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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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MAR 05, 2018Plants & Animals
Fossils are ancient relics of our early world, and they can reveal a lot about life before people. Fortunately, scientis ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2018Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2018Videos
Humankind made history when it landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions, but the next major hurdle is putting astro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2018Videos
NASA's Curiosity rover sports a unique drilling tool that lets the SUV-sized Mars exploration vehicle sample the red pla ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are some of the most durable life forms on the planet, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that scien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
Elon Musk hyped February’s Falcon Heavy launch up with a unique payload: his cherry-red Tesla Roadster electric ca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Videos
While we know a lot about the inside of the Earth, we can't really say the same about Mars. NASA hopes to change that wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Unlike their stationary counterpart, a pulsating aurora is continuously blinking, and sometimes it lights up the night s ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 25, 2018Videos
Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet, is a place of great mystery. Earthlings admire Jupiter's beauty through ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
In a process called phagocytosis, a cell ingests another cell, and that is thought to be central to the development of c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2018Videos
The Artemis Sr Rover could become the next big thing in space exploration. With its eight wheels and unique frame-liftin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2018Earth & The Environment
In an attempt to fight air pollution (as well as meet EU air pollution targets in order to avoid costly fines), Germany ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 13, 2018Videos
Florida is a somewhat famous place for rocket launches from NASA, SpaceX, and other space-related entities. But have you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2018Videos
Earth rotates once every 24 hours, but there's evidence to suggest that our planet's rotation is slowing down. So what's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
Asteroids from our solar system harmlessly pass the Earth all the time, but not all of them get up close and personal to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2018Microbiology
New research has determined that a shocking number - around 800 million - viruses fall into our atmosphere every single ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2018Space & Astronomy
After what felt like eons of hype, SpaceX officially launched its Falcon Heavy mega-rocket from launch pad 39A in Cape C ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Microbiology
Canadian researchers have found that Arctic ponds may be a source of carbon that could contribute to climate change.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2018Plants & Animals
There aren’t many animals on the planet capable of mimicking human speech, but new research published in the journ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a hot topic (literally), but sometimes it’s hard to get past the doomsday media and understand t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 31, 2018Videos
With all the litter in the world, you would think that we would have figured out a smart way to start collecting it, rig ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
Fossils are ancient relics of our early world, and they can reveal a lot about life before people. Fortunately, scientis
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2018
Videos
Humankind made history when it landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions, but the next major hurdle is putting astro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2018
Videos
NASA's Curiosity rover sports a unique drilling tool that lets the SUV-sized Mars exploration vehicle sample the red pla
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are some of the most durable life forms on the planet, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that scien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Elon Musk hyped February’s Falcon Heavy launch up with a unique payload: his cherry-red Tesla Roadster electric ca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Videos
While we know a lot about the inside of the Earth, we can't really say the same about Mars. NASA hopes to change that wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Unlike their stationary counterpart, a pulsating aurora is continuously blinking, and sometimes it lights up the night s
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 25, 2018
Videos
Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet, is a place of great mystery. Earthlings admire Jupiter's beauty through
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a process called phagocytosis, a cell ingests another cell, and that is thought to be central to the development of c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2018
Videos
The Artemis Sr Rover could become the next big thing in space exploration. With its eight wheels and unique frame-liftin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2018
Earth & The Environment
In an attempt to fight air pollution (as well as meet EU air pollution targets in order to avoid costly fines), Germany
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 13, 2018
Videos
Florida is a somewhat famous place for rocket launches from NASA, SpaceX, and other space-related entities. But have you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2018
Videos
Earth rotates once every 24 hours, but there's evidence to suggest that our planet's rotation is slowing down. So what's
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids from our solar system harmlessly pass the Earth all the time, but not all of them get up close and personal to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2018
Microbiology
New research has determined that a shocking number - around 800 million - viruses fall into our atmosphere every single
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After what felt like eons of hype, SpaceX officially launched its Falcon Heavy mega-rocket from launch pad 39A in Cape C
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Microbiology
Canadian researchers have found that Arctic ponds may be a source of carbon that could contribute to climate change.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
There aren’t many animals on the planet capable of mimicking human speech, but new research published in the journ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a hot topic (literally), but sometimes it’s hard to get past the doomsday media and understand t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 31, 2018
Videos
With all the litter in the world, you would think that we would have figured out a smart way to start collecting it, rig
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan