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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 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
The answer to the question of how planets are formed has eluded scientists for years, but there may finally be a light a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University and Columbia University was published yesterday in the journa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 07, 2017Videos
Earth's mantle, the thick layer between the surface and core of our planet, is solid - but it is not rigid. And this cer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 06, 2017Plants & Animals
Threesomes may be derived from nothing more than sexual pleasure for the human species, but for some other species on th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2017Videos
Reef restoration is a hot topic as ocean acidification from industrial pollution is bleaching and killing corals at a di ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day (July 4th) of 2016, seems to be plagued with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2017Plants & Animals
It would seem that dolphins are making quite an impressive leap in population numbers just off of the coast of Scotland. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 02, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature features the mineralized remains of what the team of scientists from University College ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
There is certainly a lot of determination to get to Mars, and among some of the biggest organizations behind that determ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2017Videos
It has been known for a long time that the Earth's oceans contain traces of uranium, a radioactive substance often used ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
Cities around the United States, Iceland, and Australia have been experiencing hot flashes this February - except we&rsq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Plants & Animals
The world’s oldest-known aquarium fish, an 84+ year-old Australia lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) who went by the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecolgy Letters by a team of researchers from the University of Stirling shows that forests arou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
The US Air Force is trying to get permission to use an area off of the north of Kauai, Hawaii as a test spot to drop 100 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know New Horizons made history back in 2015 when it flew past Plu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has been throwing around the idea of leasing the International Space Station (ISS) to commercial entities when it f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2017Videos
At the University of Bordeaux, they used bubbles to come up with some impressive science in demonstrating the physics of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 20, 2017Plants & Animals
Dolphins and whales are some of the most majestic animals of the sea, but for whatever reason, so many seem to beach the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2017Videos
Sure it's winter, and the slushy snow and bitter cold doesn't make the best environment for biking to and from work or t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The answer to the question of how planets are formed has eluded scientists for years, but there may finally be a light a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University and Columbia University was published yesterday in the journa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 07, 2017
Videos
Earth's mantle, the thick layer between the surface and core of our planet, is solid - but it is not rigid. And this cer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
Threesomes may be derived from nothing more than sexual pleasure for the human species, but for some other species on th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2017
Videos
Reef restoration is a hot topic as ocean acidification from industrial pollution is bleaching and killing corals at a di
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day (July 4th) of 2016, seems to be plagued with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
It would seem that dolphins are making quite an impressive leap in population numbers just off of the coast of Scotland.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 02, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature features the mineralized remains of what the team of scientists from University College
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There is certainly a lot of determination to get to Mars, and among some of the biggest organizations behind that determ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2017
Videos
It has been known for a long time that the Earth's oceans contain traces of uranium, a radioactive substance often used
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Cities around the United States, Iceland, and Australia have been experiencing hot flashes this February - except we&rsq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
The world’s oldest-known aquarium fish, an 84+ year-old Australia lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) who went by the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecolgy Letters by a team of researchers from the University of Stirling shows that forests arou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The US Air Force is trying to get permission to use an area off of the north of Kauai, Hawaii as a test spot to drop 100
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know New Horizons made history back in 2015 when it flew past Plu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been throwing around the idea of leasing the International Space Station (ISS) to commercial entities when it f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2017
Videos
At the University of Bordeaux, they used bubbles to come up with some impressive science in demonstrating the physics of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dolphins and whales are some of the most majestic animals of the sea, but for whatever reason, so many seem to beach the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2017
Videos
Sure it's winter, and the slushy snow and bitter cold doesn't make the best environment for biking to and from work or t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan