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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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MAR 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been roaming the red planet’s seemingly lifeless surface for almost four-and-a-ha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2017Videos
In perhaps one of the most inspiring climate justice stories, comes a young boy named Felix Finkbeiner, the founder of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Videos
The sun dying is one of those ideas that seems so improbable that it's not even worth thinking about. But fast forwardin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2017Videos
Ever know that volcanoes have a scale for how destructive they can be? It's called the Volcanic Explosivity Index and me ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2017Videos
Finding the hottest place on Earth may seem like a task as easy as comparing weather charts, but actually the most accur ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science by Seoul National University’s archeologist Dr. David Wright p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 14, 2017Videos
Everyone has seen videos of the astronauts on board the International Space Station floating around, watching their food ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While there is a lot of skepticism surrounding genetically modified foods, they have helped solve serious problems in ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Videos
"Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula'au" is a Hawaiian saying which means "The rains follows after the forest." This refers the ph ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2017Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Plants & Animals
All plants have passageway networks inside of them where water and nutrients travel from one part of the planet to anoth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 10, 2017Videos
In the following video from SciShow you can hear from Victoria Orphan, a MacArthur Fellow. She is a geobiologist who stu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Anticipation of putting people on Mars is growing, especially because of all the hype from NASA and SpaceX to eventually ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Videos
When small whirlwinds or vortexes of air occur, you sometimes get the chance to experience what are known as dust devils ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Videos
Environmental conservation is often looked at as a juxtaposition from pro-economy development. But that idea is hardly t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been roaming the red planet’s seemingly lifeless surface for almost four-and-a-ha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2017
Videos
In perhaps one of the most inspiring climate justice stories, comes a young boy named Felix Finkbeiner, the founder of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Videos
The sun dying is one of those ideas that seems so improbable that it's not even worth thinking about. But fast forwardin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2017
Videos
Ever know that volcanoes have a scale for how destructive they can be? It's called the Volcanic Explosivity Index and me
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2017
Videos
Finding the hottest place on Earth may seem like a task as easy as comparing weather charts, but actually the most accur
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science by Seoul National University’s archeologist Dr. David Wright p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2017
Videos
Everyone has seen videos of the astronauts on board the International Space Station floating around, watching their food
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While there is a lot of skepticism surrounding genetically modified foods, they have helped solve serious problems in ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Videos
"Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula'au" is a Hawaiian saying which means "The rains follows after the forest." This refers the ph
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2017
Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
All plants have passageway networks inside of them where water and nutrients travel from one part of the planet to anoth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 10, 2017
Videos
In the following video from SciShow you can hear from Victoria Orphan, a MacArthur Fellow. She is a geobiologist who stu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Anticipation of putting people on Mars is growing, especially because of all the hype from NASA and SpaceX to eventually
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Videos
When small whirlwinds or vortexes of air occur, you sometimes get the chance to experience what are known as dust devils
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Videos
Environmental conservation is often looked at as a juxtaposition from pro-economy development. But that idea is hardly t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan