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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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APR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
Scientists and reef lovers alike are in alarm over the recent news that has come from the aerial surveys conducted by th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Recently published in Science Advances, a study from researchers from the University of Rochester, Carmala Garzione and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
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When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
As access to fresh water becomes scarcer, the search to find a resource efficient method of desalination becomes ever mo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 06, 2017Videos
The Dark Star cave system has been called the Everest of the underground world. The only difference is that its depths h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has relied on its Cassini spacecraft to study the Saturnine system for nearly 13 years. It originally launched from ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
In modern times, when we study a planet in our Solar System, we send a rather large satellite into space and then send i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports from an international team of scientists at the GFZ German Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 02, 2017Microbiology
In order to map one of the world’s largest viruses, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-ele ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day of 2016, where it began its orbital insertion around our ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
Most scientists agree that Mars once had a vibrant atmosphere similar to the Earth’s. Such an atmosphere would hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2017Videos
On Earth, we have a very comfortable atmosphere that makes life possible, but one other thing our atmosphere does for us ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
As we inch closer to the launch date of the ExoMars 2020 rover, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) are now con ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Kamchatka Peninsula is part of Russia’s “Land of Fire and Ice” region, meaning that it is chock fu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2017Videos
Remember back in fourth grade when your mind was blown that the continents and oceans are all actually moving, very slow ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
It would seem that all this hubbub about nanosatellites isn’t as out of reach as originally thought. Scientists ar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
When you look at Mars today, you probably have a hard time believing that the planet ever had any traces of water oceans ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 24, 2017Videos
In pushing the boundaries of space exploration and potentially colonization, we've heard extensively about Mars. But hav ...MAR 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
In 2010 scientists drilled 1,500 feet into the seabed of the Dead Sea to retrieve cores of deposits that would give them ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Where did dinosaurs actually come from? While a myriad of theories remain, only one answer could ever possibly be correc ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Scientists and reef lovers alike are in alarm over the recent news that has come from the aerial surveys conducted by th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Recently published in Science Advances, a study from researchers from the University of Rochester, Carmala Garzione and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planet Nine is something that astronomers can’t do much more than predict at this point in time. While we’re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As access to fresh water becomes scarcer, the search to find a resource efficient method of desalination becomes ever mo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 06, 2017
Videos
The Dark Star cave system has been called the Everest of the underground world. The only difference is that its depths h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has relied on its Cassini spacecraft to study the Saturnine system for nearly 13 years. It originally launched from
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In modern times, when we study a planet in our Solar System, we send a rather large satellite into space and then send i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports from an international team of scientists at the GFZ German Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 02, 2017
Microbiology
In order to map one of the world’s largest viruses, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-ele
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day of 2016, where it began its orbital insertion around our
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most scientists agree that Mars once had a vibrant atmosphere similar to the Earth’s. Such an atmosphere would hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Videos
On Earth, we have a very comfortable atmosphere that makes life possible, but one other thing our atmosphere does for us
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As we inch closer to the launch date of the ExoMars 2020 rover, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) are now con
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Kamchatka Peninsula is part of Russia’s “Land of Fire and Ice” region, meaning that it is chock fu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2017
Videos
Remember back in fourth grade when your mind was blown that the continents and oceans are all actually moving, very slow
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It would seem that all this hubbub about nanosatellites isn’t as out of reach as originally thought. Scientists ar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When you look at Mars today, you probably have a hard time believing that the planet ever had any traces of water oceans
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 24, 2017
Videos
In pushing the boundaries of space exploration and potentially colonization, we've heard extensively about Mars. But hav
...
MAR 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In 2010 scientists drilled 1,500 feet into the seabed of the Dead Sea to retrieve cores of deposits that would give them
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Where did dinosaurs actually come from? While a myriad of theories remain, only one answer could ever possibly be correc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard