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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 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Of all the planets orbiting the Sun, perhaps Mars is one of the most interesting. Not only is it more like Earth than an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2017Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
In 2016, gravitational waves were all the rage in the astrophysical community; perhaps 2017 is going to shed more light ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Videos
While often the subject of movies and hit television shows, stories about a post-apocalyptic world involve a lot of imag ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 30, 2017Videos
There is often much controversy over nuclear power because of the waste that the process generates. How to safely store ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Videos
Did you know that a three-planet alignment, called a conjunction, is actually quite common? It happens every two years o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but als ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2017Videos
Can you imagine a world without ice? Even if you live in Florida with the sole intention of escaping icy winters, ice do ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although Juno has been exploring Jupiter for over 10 months since project Orbital Insertion, which was carried out on In ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 25, 2017Videos
The Ozone Layer refers to the O3 (three oxygen atoms bonded together) that is in the stratosphere, which ranges from 6-3 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2017Microbiology
Ongoing climate research in Antarctica has documented the changing environment, and analysis shows that the ecosystem is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
There has been some debate around whether the Hillary Step, the 12-meter rocky outcrop that sits 8,790 meters above sea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2017Videos
More than 13,300 of Northern Scotland's tree plantations are being cut down in the name of climate change. This region i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
About two years ago, astronomers noticed that an abnormal amount of light was being blocked from a star system dubbed KI ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 19, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate scientists have predicted that in order to adapt to climate change, species will move towards the poles and high ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A nuclear material processing facility overseen by the Department of Energy declared emergency May 9, due to the partial ...Written By: Daniel Duan
JUN 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Of all the planets orbiting the Sun, perhaps Mars is one of the most interesting. Not only is it more like Earth than an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2017
Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In 2016, gravitational waves were all the rage in the astrophysical community; perhaps 2017 is going to shed more light
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Videos
While often the subject of movies and hit television shows, stories about a post-apocalyptic world involve a lot of imag
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2017
Videos
There is often much controversy over nuclear power because of the waste that the process generates. How to safely store
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Videos
Did you know that a three-planet alignment, called a conjunction, is actually quite common? It happens every two years o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but als
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2017
Videos
Can you imagine a world without ice? Even if you live in Florida with the sole intention of escaping icy winters, ice do
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although Juno has been exploring Jupiter for over 10 months since project Orbital Insertion, which was carried out on In
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 25, 2017
Videos
The Ozone Layer refers to the O3 (three oxygen atoms bonded together) that is in the stratosphere, which ranges from 6-3
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2017
Microbiology
Ongoing climate research in Antarctica has documented the changing environment, and analysis shows that the ecosystem is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
There has been some debate around whether the Hillary Step, the 12-meter rocky outcrop that sits 8,790 meters above sea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2017
Videos
More than 13,300 of Northern Scotland's tree plantations are being cut down in the name of climate change. This region i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
About two years ago, astronomers noticed that an abnormal amount of light was being blocked from a star system dubbed KI
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 19, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate scientists have predicted that in order to adapt to climate change, species will move towards the poles and high
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A nuclear material processing facility overseen by the Department of Energy declared emergency May 9, due to the partial
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan