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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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AUG 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 BouchardJUL 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
Social media lit up in the middle of the week after sightings of what appeared to be a very colorful shower of glowing o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced this week that it has made its first major rocket burn maneuver for the Ex ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarfs are essentially stars that fail to spark the energy needed to produce nuclear fusion. Instead of being brig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
Somewhere on the red planet we know as Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Rover is driving around and studying the planet up c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2016Videos
SpaceX is an American commercial space company that has contracts with NASA to produce rockets capable of delivering pay ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2016Videos
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) picked up a large, gaping black ravine in the Sun's surface not that long ago, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
Venus is a mysterious planet that many have said is similar to Earth in many ways, but different in so many others. Some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2016Videos
NASA has shared a new video on YouTube this week of what appears to be a time lapse of the Earth over a span of one year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
The universe is a rather interesting place. There are a bunch of stars, planets, random rocks, dust, and other mysteriou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Stars all around the universe appear in different colors. The hottest of the hot are white, followed by blue, and somewh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has been exploring the unknown terrains of the red planet with robotic rovers for almost two decades. The first to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists always have their eyes in the skies. Although Neptune is the single furthest planet in our Solar System, Plut ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
Juno has been in orbit around Jupiter, our solar system’s largest planet, for a little over a week following a suc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2016Videos
Humans take pride in many traits. We credit our bigger brain with the ability to adapt and successfully colonize nearly ...
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
JUL 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Social media lit up in the middle of the week after sightings of what appeared to be a very colorful shower of glowing o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced this week that it has made its first major rocket burn maneuver for the Ex
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarfs are essentially stars that fail to spark the energy needed to produce nuclear fusion. Instead of being brig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Somewhere on the red planet we know as Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Rover is driving around and studying the planet up c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2016
Videos
SpaceX is an American commercial space company that has contracts with NASA to produce rockets capable of delivering pay
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2016
Videos
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) picked up a large, gaping black ravine in the Sun's surface not that long ago, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Venus is a mysterious planet that many have said is similar to Earth in many ways, but different in so many others. Some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2016
Videos
NASA has shared a new video on YouTube this week of what appears to be a time lapse of the Earth over a span of one year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The universe is a rather interesting place. There are a bunch of stars, planets, random rocks, dust, and other mysteriou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Stars all around the universe appear in different colors. The hottest of the hot are white, followed by blue, and somewh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been exploring the unknown terrains of the red planet with robotic rovers for almost two decades. The first to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists always have their eyes in the skies. Although Neptune is the single furthest planet in our Solar System, Plut
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Juno has been in orbit around Jupiter, our solar system’s largest planet, for a little over a week following a suc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2016
Videos
Humans take pride in many traits. We credit our bigger brain with the ability to adapt and successfully colonize nearly
...