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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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MAY 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 BouchardAPR 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Friday, ESA astronaut Tim Peake got to toy around with a test rover on Earth from the International Space Station. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system due to heat clouds that surround the planet that keep the temperature ov ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is planning to launch yet another Falcon 9 rocket to space on May 3rd following the successful landing of the roc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Is Jupiter’s largest moon, Europia, hotter than astronomers originally predicted? Although the moon is far ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have long had the interest in Earth-like exoplanets because it’s thought that exoplanets like Earth are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have been searching for Planet Nine for eons. It’s something that we have yet to discover any solid evi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarf stars are somewhat of a mystery to scientists because we know so little about them. They’re significan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2016Microbiology
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated. R ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
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
APR 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Friday, ESA astronaut Tim Peake got to toy around with a test rover on Earth from the International Space Station. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system due to heat clouds that surround the planet that keep the temperature ov
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is planning to launch yet another Falcon 9 rocket to space on May 3rd following the successful landing of the roc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Is Jupiter’s largest moon, Europia, hotter than astronomers originally predicted? Although the moon is far
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have long had the interest in Earth-like exoplanets because it’s thought that exoplanets like Earth are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have been searching for Planet Nine for eons. It’s something that we have yet to discover any solid evi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarf stars are somewhat of a mystery to scientists because we know so little about them. They’re significan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2016
Microbiology
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated. R
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)