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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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AUG 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 BouchardAUG 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
You may have seen some news out about the Yellowstone supervolcano recently, but what’s really going on down in th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Earth and Venus share a lot of qualities with one another, but there are some striking differences that set the two plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica separated from the mainland several weeks ago, nerves have been hig ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a massive asteroid more than 2.7 miles across is about to get up-close and personal to the Earth. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Videos
People typically think of a 'moon' as a natural secondary object orbiting a planet that orbits a host star. For example, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wildfires in Greenland seem like an oxymoron; how could a landmass made of ice be burning? Well, it’s because Gree ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
If there was any doubt that humans are driving climate change, this new study published in Geophysical Research Letters ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2017Plants & Animals
When you think back to about 160 million years ago, you most likely imagine a world roamed by the dinosaurs and not much ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft launched from Earth’s surface 20 years ago, and it reached its destination at Satu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2017Videos
Supply and demand are most often thought of in the study of markets and economics. The concept is relevant to the enviro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Frogs are among some of the most diverse vertebrates on the planet, but their origins have long been cloudy. On the othe ...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
AUG 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You may have seen some news out about the Yellowstone supervolcano recently, but what’s really going on down in th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Earth and Venus share a lot of qualities with one another, but there are some striking differences that set the two plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica separated from the mainland several weeks ago, nerves have been hig
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a massive asteroid more than 2.7 miles across is about to get up-close and personal to the Earth.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Videos
People typically think of a 'moon' as a natural secondary object orbiting a planet that orbits a host star. For example,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires in Greenland seem like an oxymoron; how could a landmass made of ice be burning? Well, it’s because Gree
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
If there was any doubt that humans are driving climate change, this new study published in Geophysical Research Letters
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you think back to about 160 million years ago, you most likely imagine a world roamed by the dinosaurs and not much
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft launched from Earth’s surface 20 years ago, and it reached its destination at Satu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2017
Videos
Supply and demand are most often thought of in the study of markets and economics. The concept is relevant to the enviro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Frogs are among some of the most diverse vertebrates on the planet, but their origins have long been cloudy. On the othe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard