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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 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
There are so many satellites orbiting the Earth right now that they’re difficult to keep track of, and we just kee ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space exploration is becoming a staple of modern science, which means we’re sending more landers and satellites in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
Earth is a unique planet; not only does it support life, but it hosts vast liquid water oceans that cover two-thirds of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2017Videos
Climate change is something scientists all over the globe are working to combat. One of the contributing factors to the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2017Videos
Tabby's star (KIC 8462852) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few years. Some people legitimately think a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft is carrying out its Grand Finale mission. This task involves sending the probe in between Saturn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Life didn’t always exist on Earth; when it first started, it was rapidly changing and evolving to keep up with the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
When you stop to ponder about putting mankind on Mars, two the biggest names in the space industry that come to mind are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory and the Planetary Habitability Laboratory ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
We have a bevy of exploration equipment visiting Mars right now; some are orbiting the red planet, while some are physic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
Sunspots are dark spots that appear on the Sun from time to time. They are caused by fluctuations in the Sun’s mag ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun resides at the very center our solar system, and it’s the only star we can observe up close. Besides the S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Here’s a scary statistic: by 2035 about 170 US communities will be in a state of chronic inundation. That’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot received a lot of attention this week because the Juno probe was positioned just right fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter and performed orbital insertion on Independence Day in 2016 after a five-year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2017Videos
Mars is one of the closest and potentially-habitable planets to Earth in our Solar System, and that's why it has remaine ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we understand the basic concept behind supernovae to be the final energetic stage of stellar life, there are a ton ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Asteroids pose a real threat to the Earth and all the life that inhabits it. Smaller asteroids aren’t usually a pr ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There are so many satellites orbiting the Earth right now that they’re difficult to keep track of, and we just kee
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space exploration is becoming a staple of modern science, which means we’re sending more landers and satellites in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Earth is a unique planet; not only does it support life, but it hosts vast liquid water oceans that cover two-thirds of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2017
Videos
Climate change is something scientists all over the globe are working to combat. One of the contributing factors to the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2017
Videos
Tabby's star (KIC 8462852) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few years. Some people legitimately think a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft is carrying out its Grand Finale mission. This task involves sending the probe in between Saturn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Life didn’t always exist on Earth; when it first started, it was rapidly changing and evolving to keep up with the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When you stop to ponder about putting mankind on Mars, two the biggest names in the space industry that come to mind are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory and the Planetary Habitability Laboratory (
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We have a bevy of exploration equipment visiting Mars right now; some are orbiting the red planet, while some are physic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Sunspots are dark spots that appear on the Sun from time to time. They are caused by fluctuations in the Sun’s mag
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun resides at the very center our solar system, and it’s the only star we can observe up close. Besides the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Here’s a scary statistic: by 2035 about 170 US communities will be in a state of chronic inundation. That’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot received a lot of attention this week because the Juno probe was positioned just right fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter and performed orbital insertion on Independence Day in 2016 after a five-year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Videos
Mars is one of the closest and potentially-habitable planets to Earth in our Solar System, and that's why it has remaine
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we understand the basic concept behind supernovae to be the final energetic stage of stellar life, there are a ton
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids pose a real threat to the Earth and all the life that inhabits it. Smaller asteroids aren’t usually a pr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard