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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 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 LeitchMAY 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
Aboard the International Space Station, the floating laboratory that orbits our planet, are a number of international as ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2016Videos
The more we explore and learn about space, the more we realize how precarious our home on Earth really is. Perhaps this ...MAY 15, 2016Plants & Animals
As humans continue to go about their lives, building themselves up as a civilization and increasing the coverage of our ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2016Videos
Mercury is quite a resilient little planet, likely experiencing an incredibly violent impact early on in its existence t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA recently made a major scientific breakthrough in understanding the way a magnetic reconnection works in space. &nbs ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed a gassy Jupiter-like exoplanet in the further reaches of our galaxy that appears to be unusual ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler mission has been on the hunt for rogue exoplanets throughout the galaxy for over 7 years, and throug ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Mars has two known moons: Deimos and Phobos, but how the red planet received these moons is a mystery to scientists. &nb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA Scientists have, for the first time in four decades, successfully identified atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency and Roscosmos are going to postpone their collaborated 2018 launch of the second phase of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
This coming Monday, May 9th, something spectacular is going to happen in outer space. Mercury will make a transit across ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
We’ve heard a lot about the dwarf planet Pluto within the past year, especially with the historic fly-by of NASA&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2016Technology
The Marianas Trench is the deepest location on the planet, and it’s under the deepest depths of the ocean too. If ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2016Plants & Animals
When you’re interested in finding some of the most incredible exotic species of animals in the world, the depths o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
Last year, the New Horizons division of NASA expressed its interest in sending the New Horizons spacecraft, which made t ...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
MAY 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Aboard the International Space Station, the floating laboratory that orbits our planet, are a number of international as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2016
Videos
The more we explore and learn about space, the more we realize how precarious our home on Earth really is. Perhaps this
...
MAY 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
As humans continue to go about their lives, building themselves up as a civilization and increasing the coverage of our
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2016
Videos
Mercury is quite a resilient little planet, likely experiencing an incredibly violent impact early on in its existence t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently made a major scientific breakthrough in understanding the way a magnetic reconnection works in space. &nbs
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed a gassy Jupiter-like exoplanet in the further reaches of our galaxy that appears to be unusual
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler mission has been on the hunt for rogue exoplanets throughout the galaxy for over 7 years, and throug
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Mars has two known moons: Deimos and Phobos, but how the red planet received these moons is a mystery to scientists. &nb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA Scientists have, for the first time in four decades, successfully identified atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency and Roscosmos are going to postpone their collaborated 2018 launch of the second phase of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
This coming Monday, May 9th, something spectacular is going to happen in outer space. Mercury will make a transit across
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We’ve heard a lot about the dwarf planet Pluto within the past year, especially with the historic fly-by of NASA&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2016
Technology
The Marianas Trench is the deepest location on the planet, and it’s under the deepest depths of the ocean too. If
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you’re interested in finding some of the most incredible exotic species of animals in the world, the depths o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Last year, the New Horizons division of NASA expressed its interest in sending the New Horizons spacecraft, which made t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard