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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 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 SullivanFEB 19, 2017Videos
There are so many difficulties in trying to put a lander or probe on the surface of Venus. Unfortunately, the planet is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
Antarctica has long been a common place to find meteorites, and while there are a lot of them residing there, we also se ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 15, 2017Videos
Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 14, 2017Videos
You may have heard of a glacier. You know, the big hulking ice pack that looms and lurks throughout the colder regions o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Of the many things NASA always keeps the public in the loop of, the spectacular imagery that end up being captured by th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 10, 2017Videos
On Mount Erebus, the tallest peak on Ross Island in Antarctica, there exists a molten lake of lava which constantly emit ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 08, 2017Videos
Bottled water costs approximately 2000 times the water flowing free out of your tap. That's like buying a $10,000 sandwi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
FEB 19, 2017
Videos
There are so many difficulties in trying to put a lander or probe on the surface of Venus. Unfortunately, the planet is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Antarctica has long been a common place to find meteorites, and while there are a lot of them residing there, we also se
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2017
Videos
Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 14, 2017
Videos
You may have heard of a glacier. You know, the big hulking ice pack that looms and lurks throughout the colder regions o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Of the many things NASA always keeps the public in the loop of, the spectacular imagery that end up being captured by th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 10, 2017
Videos
On Mount Erebus, the tallest peak on Ross Island in Antarctica, there exists a molten lake of lava which constantly emit
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 08, 2017
Videos
Bottled water costs approximately 2000 times the water flowing free out of your tap. That's like buying a $10,000 sandwi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan