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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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JUN 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
In just a few more weeks, parts of the United States will be gifted with a rare opportunity to experience a total solar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
Today at 12:24 am (Eastern Standard Time) those of us in the Northern Hemisphere experienced the summer solstice, otherw ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space junk is a growing problem. The orbital altitudes of Earth are getting so cluttered as we send more stuff into spac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2017Earth & The Environment
We already know that climate change has brought us many irregular extreme heat events over the last years. And we know t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2017Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
If we ever put astronauts on Mars, we’ll need to be careful in doing so, planning every little detail for their sa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 13, 2017Videos
The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2017Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2017Videos
Is it plausible that we could be related to everyone on the planet? Let's talk about ancestors. Four generations back, t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
The breakup of Pangaea, the supercontinent that covered the planet before our continents looked like what they do now, h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Scientists and astronauts-to-be alike use the MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station) habitat in the middle of the Utah dese ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Although paleontologists have been finding animal fossils in the form of bones and bone-shaped rocks for eons, full-bodi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2017Videos
NASA eventually wants to send mankind to Mars to explore the planet for traces of life and to test its habitability give ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 to space earlier this month with a previously-used commercial Dragon capsule attached to it. It b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2017Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for at least a couple hundred thousand years, but a new discovery is shaking th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur researchers continue to go back and forth about what dinosaurs might have looked like back in the day, and it&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2017Videos
It's hard to imagine what will become of our planet in the next 100 years, let alone 1,000,000,000 years. While many thi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In just a few more weeks, parts of the United States will be gifted with a rare opportunity to experience a total solar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Today at 12:24 am (Eastern Standard Time) those of us in the Northern Hemisphere experienced the summer solstice, otherw
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space junk is a growing problem. The orbital altitudes of Earth are getting so cluttered as we send more stuff into spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We already know that climate change has brought us many irregular extreme heat events over the last years. And we know t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If we ever put astronauts on Mars, we’ll need to be careful in doing so, planning every little detail for their sa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2017
Videos
The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2017
Videos
Is it plausible that we could be related to everyone on the planet? Let's talk about ancestors. Four generations back, t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The breakup of Pangaea, the supercontinent that covered the planet before our continents looked like what they do now, h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Scientists and astronauts-to-be alike use the MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station) habitat in the middle of the Utah dese
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although paleontologists have been finding animal fossils in the form of bones and bone-shaped rocks for eons, full-bodi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2017
Videos
NASA eventually wants to send mankind to Mars to explore the planet for traces of life and to test its habitability give
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 to space earlier this month with a previously-used commercial Dragon capsule attached to it. It b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for at least a couple hundred thousand years, but a new discovery is shaking th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur researchers continue to go back and forth about what dinosaurs might have looked like back in the day, and it&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2017
Videos
It's hard to imagine what will become of our planet in the next 100 years, let alone 1,000,000,000 years. While many thi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan