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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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SEP 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Juno is out there in space studying the atmosphere and magnetic field of Jupiter, among other things, so we can get a be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Space & Astronomy
While some scientists are peering out into the great beyond looking for a supposed Planet Nine, others have recently fou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Earth & The Environment
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome set in a Mars-like environment 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea leve ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
When it comes to meteorites hitting the Earth, it’s a safe bet that they could have come from nearly anywhere. Out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the major new missions going on in our Solar System right now is Juno. It reached its destination at Jupiter in J ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
Diatoms have always been one of my favorite protists. There’s something so strange, almost alien, about them. Diat ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
Our Milky Way galaxy is a spiraling disk of dust, stars, and other rubble that has formed together over billions of year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
There has been a long-standing belief that asteroids, comets, and other kinds of space rocks might all actually be lefto ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 18, 2016Plants & Animals
What happened to the wooly mammoth that caused the species to go extinct? Scientists believe that a lack of water ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s on the to-do list of space agencies and major commercial space companies to try and put mankind on Mars somet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs may not walk the Earth anymore, but they’ve left behind several clues to their existence millions of yea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2016Videos
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), or as it used to be known, Ecological Debt Day is the point on the calendar where the consump ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
A lot of people like going tanning at the beach, or even in their own backyards. Some have tan-lines, and some don&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is reportedly in the middle of testing a new type of engine rocket that could be utilized for Martian travel. &nb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are always out to learn more about how our Solar System formed, the only problem is, we don’t have a ti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is rather distant from the Sun, found on the opposite side of the Asteroid Belt than our Solar System’s in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
There is currently no proof that a ninth planet exists in our Solar System, but there is circumstantial evidence that su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Kepler mission has been going Rambo in discovering new exoplanets in other systems across the Milky Way galaxy. In t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2016Microbiology
Scientists would like to get a better look at soil microbes in order to have a better understanding of how they impact o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions for space scientists are whether or not we’re alone in our universe. The constant sea ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Juno is out there in space studying the atmosphere and magnetic field of Jupiter, among other things, so we can get a be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Space & Astronomy
While some scientists are peering out into the great beyond looking for a supposed Planet Nine, others have recently fou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome set in a Mars-like environment 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea leve
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to meteorites hitting the Earth, it’s a safe bet that they could have come from nearly anywhere. Out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the major new missions going on in our Solar System right now is Juno. It reached its destination at Jupiter in J
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
Diatoms have always been one of my favorite protists. There’s something so strange, almost alien, about them. Diat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Our Milky Way galaxy is a spiraling disk of dust, stars, and other rubble that has formed together over billions of year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There has been a long-standing belief that asteroids, comets, and other kinds of space rocks might all actually be lefto
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
What happened to the wooly mammoth that caused the species to go extinct? Scientists believe that a lack of water
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s on the to-do list of space agencies and major commercial space companies to try and put mankind on Mars somet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs may not walk the Earth anymore, but they’ve left behind several clues to their existence millions of yea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Videos
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), or as it used to be known, Ecological Debt Day is the point on the calendar where the consump
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A lot of people like going tanning at the beach, or even in their own backyards. Some have tan-lines, and some don&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is reportedly in the middle of testing a new type of engine rocket that could be utilized for Martian travel. &nb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are always out to learn more about how our Solar System formed, the only problem is, we don’t have a ti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is rather distant from the Sun, found on the opposite side of the Asteroid Belt than our Solar System’s in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There is currently no proof that a ninth planet exists in our Solar System, but there is circumstantial evidence that su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler mission has been going Rambo in discovering new exoplanets in other systems across the Milky Way galaxy. In t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists would like to get a better look at soil microbes in order to have a better understanding of how they impact o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions for space scientists are whether or not we’re alone in our universe. The constant sea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard