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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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JUN 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of speculation that there may be a ninth planet out there in the distant reaches of our solar system, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
In conclusion of British astronaut Tim Peake’s 186 days aboard the International Space Station, the spaceman has l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 18, 2016Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
Utilizing what NASA calls the Cygnus spacecraft, the United States-based space agency is hoping to learn a little more a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Videos
The shovel-snouted lizard is one of the fastest lizards on the planet, able to move 3 feet within 1 second, the equivale ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Tim Peake has represented the European Space Agency in a fabulous new way by becoming the first British Astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Videos
The Earth is estimated to be about 4.5 billion years old. Relative to this impressive record, human civilization is but ...JUN 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a pressing issue that the world has to deal with soon, otherwise the planet is in for some major perma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are getting excited to test out a new chipsat platform in space dubbed KickSat 2. It is the second attempt to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler mission has been the source of discovery for many exoplanets throughout the galaxy. One particular e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Perhaps one of the best feelings in the world is slipping into the cool silky salt of the ocean. Whether a quiet evening ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 09, 2016Technology
Students from the University of California San Diego have successfully achieved launching a liquid-fueled rocket dubbed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2016Space & Astronomy
Less than two weeks ago, NASA sent an inflatable module known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM for sho ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on a constant search for exoplanets that have the potential to support life. One of the things we look f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic fly-by past Pluto last year, following a 9 year, 5 month, and 25 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2016Infographics
Pluto has been front and center to many recent space discoveries, and it seems we actually learned quite a bit for somet ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUN 01, 2016Microbiology
We’re all familiar with vertical gene transfer (whether you know it or not). Vertical transfer describes the way y ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the planet Earth, over and over, collecting data about outer space, microgravity, and their effects on the huma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
A lot of mystery surrounds the existence of something known as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. These are essentia ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2016Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of speculation that there may be a ninth planet out there in the distant reaches of our solar system, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In conclusion of British astronaut Tim Peake’s 186 days aboard the International Space Station, the spaceman has l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Utilizing what NASA calls the Cygnus spacecraft, the United States-based space agency is hoping to learn a little more a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Videos
The shovel-snouted lizard is one of the fastest lizards on the planet, able to move 3 feet within 1 second, the equivale
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Tim Peake has represented the European Space Agency in a fabulous new way by becoming the first British Astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Videos
The Earth is estimated to be about 4.5 billion years old. Relative to this impressive record, human civilization is but
...
JUN 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a pressing issue that the world has to deal with soon, otherwise the planet is in for some major perma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are getting excited to test out a new chipsat platform in space dubbed KickSat 2. It is the second attempt to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler mission has been the source of discovery for many exoplanets throughout the galaxy. One particular e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Perhaps one of the best feelings in the world is slipping into the cool silky salt of the ocean. Whether a quiet evening
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 09, 2016
Technology
Students from the University of California San Diego have successfully achieved launching a liquid-fueled rocket dubbed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Less than two weeks ago, NASA sent an inflatable module known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM for sho
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on a constant search for exoplanets that have the potential to support life. One of the things we look f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic fly-by past Pluto last year, following a 9 year, 5 month, and 25
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2016
Infographics
Pluto has been front and center to many recent space discoveries, and it seems we actually learned quite a bit for somet
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUN 01, 2016
Microbiology
We’re all familiar with vertical gene transfer (whether you know it or not). Vertical transfer describes the way y
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the planet Earth, over and over, collecting data about outer space, microgravity, and their effects on the huma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A lot of mystery surrounds the existence of something known as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. These are essentia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2016
Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch