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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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DEC 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Saturnian system is very busy in terms of moons; Saturn has at least 62 confirmed moons, but only some of those are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest known planet in our Solar System today, and astronomers have a lot of questions about it, but one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2016Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Curiosity Rover on Mars is always searching for interesting things that might help researchers answer the long-lasti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
The famous Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on the planet and resides in the Northern parts of Africa, where temp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
There was a catastrophic rocket explosion on SpaceX’s home launch pad not too long ago during a point in time when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the questions astronomers constantly ask is, “where did the solar system come from?” Image Credit: NA ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2016Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the ...DEC 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
There are a number of problems with the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the Earth that are occurring because of climate ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
Looking for water in our solar system is a good way to begin our search for extraterrestrial life, but it's not exac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our Solar System is continuous, and still, to no avail, but researchers aren’t giving up ye ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 11, 2016Plants & Animals
In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2016Plants & Animals
One of the things researchers always want to know more about is the history of life on our planet. Unearthing details ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which originally launched in 1997 to study Saturn up close, began a completely new orbi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
Mercury is one of the Solar System’s most mysterious planets, and it’s also the closest one of the Sun. Astr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Stephen Hawking has long had the attitude of a doomsayer, suggesting that humans will inevitably cause their own demise ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always looking for Earth-like exoplanets outside of our Solar System because they may hold the key ingre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
A couple of specific spots on the red planet in our Solar System, Mars, might just foster zones of interest after scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2016Plants & Animals
Any time scientists discover a new species of animal on the home planet we thought we knew so well, animal lovers’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Many people who think of the Sun quickly imagine a ball of fire in space, but the Sun isn’t fire at all. It’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2016Videos
Black Friday is known to be the epitome of US consumerism, and if one stops to think about how this can take a toll on t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 26, 2016Microbiology
Viruses are a unique form of life that have challenged scientists since the dawn of biomedical research. They have even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mini Planet. It has been edited for publication purposes. On December 4, hu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Saturnian system is very busy in terms of moons; Saturn has at least 62 confirmed moons, but only some of those are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest known planet in our Solar System today, and astronomers have a lot of questions about it, but one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2016
Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Curiosity Rover on Mars is always searching for interesting things that might help researchers answer the long-lasti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The famous Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on the planet and resides in the Northern parts of Africa, where temp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There was a catastrophic rocket explosion on SpaceX’s home launch pad not too long ago during a point in time when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the questions astronomers constantly ask is, “where did the solar system come from?” Image Credit: NA
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2016
Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the
...
DEC 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There are a number of problems with the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the Earth that are occurring because of climate
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Looking for water in our solar system is a good way to begin our search for extraterrestrial life, but it's not exac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our Solar System is continuous, and still, to no avail, but researchers aren’t giving up ye
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
One of the things researchers always want to know more about is the history of life on our planet. Unearthing details ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which originally launched in 1997 to study Saturn up close, began a completely new orbi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Mercury is one of the Solar System’s most mysterious planets, and it’s also the closest one of the Sun. Astr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Stephen Hawking has long had the attitude of a doomsayer, suggesting that humans will inevitably cause their own demise
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always looking for Earth-like exoplanets outside of our Solar System because they may hold the key ingre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A couple of specific spots on the red planet in our Solar System, Mars, might just foster zones of interest after scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
Any time scientists discover a new species of animal on the home planet we thought we knew so well, animal lovers’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Many people who think of the Sun quickly imagine a ball of fire in space, but the Sun isn’t fire at all. It’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2016
Videos
Black Friday is known to be the epitome of US consumerism, and if one stops to think about how this can take a toll on t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 26, 2016
Microbiology
Viruses are a unique form of life that have challenged scientists since the dawn of biomedical research. They have even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mini Planet. It has been edited for publication purposes. On December 4, hu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan