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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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APR 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)APR 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
After an official delivery from a recent SpaceX mission, NASA’s plans to attach an inflatable module to the Intern ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicists from the University of Notre Dame have been peering down the viewfinder of Kilodegree Extremely Little T ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
There is undeniable evidence that the world is getting hotter, and leading scientists believe that greenhouse gasses are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2016Earth & The Environment
My mom likes to tell the story of how when she was little she once sent a package of noodles to India. Not like a nice, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
Physicist Stephen Hawking, along with billionaire Yuri Milner are proposing a new method of space travel that involves s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA recently dealt with a struggle concerning its Kepler spacecraft, which during a routine checkup, was found to be in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have their eyes on a massive Earth-like exoplanet that was discovered in 2011 called 55 Cancri e in the Cance ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
Something is going wrong with NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. As it drifts in space approximately 75 million mile ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
Yesterday, SpaceX made a historic landing of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the primary ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2016Space & Astronomy
Did Mars become more habitable over time all thanks to the collisions it has endured from large space rocks like asteroi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
It was not long ago that NASA shared some incredible imagery of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, showing us stars cap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2016Videos
Climate change isn't going anywhere. The research into the impact it is having on the planet and if or how the damage ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2016Earth & The Environment
It is no secret that climate change has already and will continue to impact agricultural systems worldwide. With more se ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
Japan recently lost control of its black hole-hunting satellite, Hitomi, which is capable of searching for traces of X-r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are deeply interested in figuring out whether or not there really is a ninth planet out there. Dubbed &lsquo ...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)
APR 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
After an official delivery from a recent SpaceX mission, NASA’s plans to attach an inflatable module to the Intern
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicists from the University of Notre Dame have been peering down the viewfinder of Kilodegree Extremely Little T
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There is undeniable evidence that the world is getting hotter, and leading scientists believe that greenhouse gasses are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2016
Earth & The Environment
My mom likes to tell the story of how when she was little she once sent a package of noodles to India. Not like a nice,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Physicist Stephen Hawking, along with billionaire Yuri Milner are proposing a new method of space travel that involves s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently dealt with a struggle concerning its Kepler spacecraft, which during a routine checkup, was found to be in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have their eyes on a massive Earth-like exoplanet that was discovered in 2011 called 55 Cancri e in the Cance
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Something is going wrong with NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. As it drifts in space approximately 75 million mile
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Yesterday, SpaceX made a historic landing of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the primary
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Did Mars become more habitable over time all thanks to the collisions it has endured from large space rocks like asteroi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It was not long ago that NASA shared some incredible imagery of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, showing us stars cap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2016
Videos
Climate change isn't going anywhere. The research into the impact it is having on the planet and if or how the damage ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2016
Earth & The Environment
It is no secret that climate change has already and will continue to impact agricultural systems worldwide. With more se
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Japan recently lost control of its black hole-hunting satellite, Hitomi, which is capable of searching for traces of X-r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are deeply interested in figuring out whether or not there really is a ninth planet out there. Dubbed &lsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard