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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 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 SullivanJUN 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 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
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