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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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JAN 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
It has long been postulated that the dark, thick striations in Venus’ atmosphere could have been caused by the pre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Metallic Hydrogen Created Using High-Pressure PhysicsWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 24, 2017Plants & Animals
While there are many signs that climate change is bad for the planet, yet another reason might have just recently been d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA this month shared a really cool image of the Earth and the Moon as they appear from Mars, a distance of around 127 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
It was only in 2015 that the New Horizons spacecraft made its historic pass of the dwarf planet Pluto. As it approached, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
A star approximately 95 light years away from Earth, known to astronomers as HD 172555, could be vaporizing a myriad of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
Heat spells and subsequent droughts, as well as rain storm deluges all reared their destructiveness this past year - and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 20, 2017Videos
Today might be a rainy day on my side of the world, but despite the weather we must continue to look towards sunnier day ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
Curiosity is just one mankind’s many robotic explorers that has been sent to Mars to help observe the planet&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some of the top space science experts are always peering through the heavens with the Hubble Space Telescope, looking fa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 18, 2017Plants & Animals
The world around us is changing, and a lot of that has to do with our very own hand. If you were to compare the world no ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 18, 2017Videos
Much of the talk concerning climate change is about how temperatures are increasing. They definitely are, in many parts ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we are constantly monitoring the skies, and have a pretty good idea of the existence of a wide variety of space ro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2017Videos
Did you know that gold actually comes from the stars? Well, it technically comes from the explosion of a star - a supern ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 14, 2017Plants & Animals
In a Conservation Management Plan released by the United States Fish and Wildlife service this week, climate change was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
What if we told you another star some 64 light years away from us is on a crash course with the Solar System? Well, it t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2017Videos
How exactly the Moon was formed remains a great mystery. The moon is visible in the night skies with our naked eye, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has announced two exciting new Discovery missions that are intended to help us learn more about the Solar System we ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA has, for the first time, been able to observe the cumulative growth of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2017Plants & Animals
A Russian fisherman’s photographs have gone viral these last few weeks as he shared numerous photographs of what a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2017Videos
Have you ever seen what lives in the Mariana Trench? Only three people have ever been deep enough, 11 kilometers actuall ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
A joint effort between international astronomers may have helped to make an important discovery regarding the Sun, the v ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It has long been postulated that the dark, thick striations in Venus’ atmosphere could have been caused by the pre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Metallic Hydrogen Created Using High-Pressure Physics
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
While there are many signs that climate change is bad for the planet, yet another reason might have just recently been d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA this month shared a really cool image of the Earth and the Moon as they appear from Mars, a distance of around 127
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It was only in 2015 that the New Horizons spacecraft made its historic pass of the dwarf planet Pluto. As it approached,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
A star approximately 95 light years away from Earth, known to astronomers as HD 172555, could be vaporizing a myriad of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Heat spells and subsequent droughts, as well as rain storm deluges all reared their destructiveness this past year - and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
Today might be a rainy day on my side of the world, but despite the weather we must continue to look towards sunnier day
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Curiosity is just one mankind’s many robotic explorers that has been sent to Mars to help observe the planet&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some of the top space science experts are always peering through the heavens with the Hubble Space Telescope, looking fa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
The world around us is changing, and a lot of that has to do with our very own hand. If you were to compare the world no
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 18, 2017
Videos
Much of the talk concerning climate change is about how temperatures are increasing. They definitely are, in many parts
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we are constantly monitoring the skies, and have a pretty good idea of the existence of a wide variety of space ro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2017
Videos
Did you know that gold actually comes from the stars? Well, it technically comes from the explosion of a star - a supern
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
In a Conservation Management Plan released by the United States Fish and Wildlife service this week, climate change was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
What if we told you another star some 64 light years away from us is on a crash course with the Solar System? Well, it t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2017
Videos
How exactly the Moon was formed remains a great mystery. The moon is visible in the night skies with our naked eye, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has announced two exciting new Discovery missions that are intended to help us learn more about the Solar System we
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA has, for the first time, been able to observe the cumulative growth of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
A Russian fisherman’s photographs have gone viral these last few weeks as he shared numerous photographs of what a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2017
Videos
Have you ever seen what lives in the Mariana Trench? Only three people have ever been deep enough, 11 kilometers actuall
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
A joint effort between international astronomers may have helped to make an important discovery regarding the Sun, the v
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard