Follow
Planet
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.
-
FEB 06, 2017Videos
Orangutans are some of the smartest primates on the planet, besides humans. They've been documented doing incredibly bri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
We are constantly looking for new energy sources. In Iceland, given the country’s unique geology, six thermal ener ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ever since the Earth was conceived, the planet has been bombarded with rocks that come from the deepest reaches of space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
New satellites are always being launched into space; in fact, most of the time when you see rockets being launched into ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
Unlike most of the planets in the Solar System, Pluto, which is actually a dwarf planet, has a moon dubbed Charon that&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
The World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday and brought positive news for the environmen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 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 Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Videos
Orangutans are some of the smartest primates on the planet, besides humans. They've been documented doing incredibly bri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We are constantly looking for new energy sources. In Iceland, given the country’s unique geology, six thermal ener
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ever since the Earth was conceived, the planet has been bombarded with rocks that come from the deepest reaches of space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
New satellites are always being launched into space; in fact, most of the time when you see rockets being launched into
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Unlike most of the planets in the Solar System, Pluto, which is actually a dwarf planet, has a moon dubbed Charon that&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday and brought positive news for the environmen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic
...
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