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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 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
This April, Jupiter is in the midst of a stage known as opposition, during which it’s as close to Earth as it ever ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
When the Earth’s magnetic field flips, what does that actually mean? Would things change for us when the Earth&rsq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Our Solar System is vast, and while there are a handful of planets, but there are also numerous Moons and other space ro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 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
Planet Nine is something that astronomers can’t do much more than predict at this point in time. While we’re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
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 Bouchard
APR 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
This April, Jupiter is in the midst of a stage known as opposition, during which it’s as close to Earth as it ever
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When the Earth’s magnetic field flips, what does that actually mean? Would things change for us when the Earth&rsq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Our Solar System is vast, and while there are a handful of planets, but there are also numerous Moons and other space ro
...
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