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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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SEP 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from both McGill University in Canada and the University of Exeter in the U.K. used the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although Venus was long regarded as Earth’s sister planet, planetary scientists are unraveling the Venusian secret ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Earl Maize officially called the end of the Cassini mission on Friday as the agency ordered the probe into ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Elementa has taken a look at the seasonality of sea surface temperature trends alon ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini mission is nearing its end. It’s set to dive into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Not only does Uranus rotate almost completely on its side, an abnormal sort of behavior for any planet in our solar syst ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2017Videos
Humans have explored the solar system for decades with various kinds of spacecraft. Some were designed to orbit the Eart ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2017Microbiology
I always jump at the chance to learn about a new microbe, and I’ve got a soft spot for protists - you know, the li ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
September 1st is the day that a massive 2.7-mile-wide asteroid dubbed Florence will safely pass the Earth at just 4.4 mi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2017Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you were to observe the South pole of Mars, you would see lots of dark spider-shaped landforms known as araneiforms. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we know that Saturn has some of the most robust planetary rings of any other planet in the solar system, one thing ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming InSight mission will be the first of any to go to Mars and investigate the deep subsurface of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine a casual lunch conversation inspiring a series of world-changing scientific projects and hypotheses? Thi ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
Permafrost. It even sounds intimidating. Permanent frost, forever frozen. Brrrr. Except in our warming planet, the frost ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 22, 2017Videos
Have you ever stopped to wonder what the end of the universe might look like? Quantifying the end of the universe is dif ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
We can learn a lot about the history and formation of a natural satellite or planet by studying its moistness. For examp ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from both McGill University in Canada and the University of Exeter in the U.K. used the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although Venus was long regarded as Earth’s sister planet, planetary scientists are unraveling the Venusian secret
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Earl Maize officially called the end of the Cassini mission on Friday as the agency ordered the probe into
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Elementa has taken a look at the seasonality of sea surface temperature trends alon
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini mission is nearing its end. It’s set to dive into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Not only does Uranus rotate almost completely on its side, an abnormal sort of behavior for any planet in our solar syst
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2017
Videos
Humans have explored the solar system for decades with various kinds of spacecraft. Some were designed to orbit the Eart
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2017
Microbiology
I always jump at the chance to learn about a new microbe, and I’ve got a soft spot for protists - you know, the li
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
September 1st is the day that a massive 2.7-mile-wide asteroid dubbed Florence will safely pass the Earth at just 4.4 mi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to observe the South pole of Mars, you would see lots of dark spider-shaped landforms known as araneiforms.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we know that Saturn has some of the most robust planetary rings of any other planet in the solar system, one thing
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming InSight mission will be the first of any to go to Mars and investigate the deep subsurface of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine a casual lunch conversation inspiring a series of world-changing scientific projects and hypotheses? Thi
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Permafrost. It even sounds intimidating. Permanent frost, forever frozen. Brrrr. Except in our warming planet, the frost
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 22, 2017
Videos
Have you ever stopped to wonder what the end of the universe might look like? Quantifying the end of the universe is dif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We can learn a lot about the history and formation of a natural satellite or planet by studying its moistness. For examp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard