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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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MAR 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
Bystanders all across the United Kingdom were in for a surprise Tuesday morning, as a bright flash of blue-green light i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2016Earth & The Environment
Humans have had a fascination for the deep sea for as long as curiosity has plagued our minds.To this day, the many unkn ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos collaborated to launch the ExoMars mission from the Baikonur Co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA revealed in a public statement this week that it is planning to launch its Mars InSight mission some time in May 20 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
Come March 14th, 2016, Europe’s European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos will be working together launch ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2016Videos
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Fossils are found all the time, but ground-breaking fossil discoveries like the one being shared by United States scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2016Videos
Humans have a unique fascination with Mars. We've conceived of alien Martians and even thought of being our own human Ma ...MAR 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2016Videos
Most moons in the solar system all orbit their host planet in the same direction, but Neptune has a bit of a strange pla ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which was originally launched to perform the duties it does today in 1990, is still ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2016Videos
The melting ice sheets near Greenland are one of the fastest moving parts of the rapid ice melts that are happening glob ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 21, 2016Chemistry & Physics
In 1952, a famous experiment mixed together chemicals that were present early in Earth’s history, then approximate ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
Russia has a huge stockpile of ballistic missiles that were originally designed to defend the country during the Cold Wa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Meteorites that strike the Earth are composed of all kinds of elements, including metals. Among one of the more common m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2016Videos
Earth rotates on its axis at a mind-numbing speed of 1037 miles per hour (or 1670 kilometers per hour). But, amazingly, ...FEB 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2016Videos
European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake has demonstrated the microgravitational effect on a toy gyroscope in space. Wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2016Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2016Videos
Climate change is a reality that isn't going anywhere. The level of greenhouse gas currently in the atmosphere is at an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 09, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have found traces of life in mantle rocks in core samples taken from the seabed near the famous Lost City hyd ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Bystanders all across the United Kingdom were in for a surprise Tuesday morning, as a bright flash of blue-green light i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Humans have had a fascination for the deep sea for as long as curiosity has plagued our minds.To this day, the many unkn
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos collaborated to launch the ExoMars mission from the Baikonur Co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA revealed in a public statement this week that it is planning to launch its Mars InSight mission some time in May 20
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Come March 14th, 2016, Europe’s European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos will be working together launch
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2016
Videos
Being able to hop "across the pond" and go from New York City to London has become commonplace. The flight, at just unde
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fossils are found all the time, but ground-breaking fossil discoveries like the one being shared by United States scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2016
Videos
Humans have a unique fascination with Mars. We've conceived of alien Martians and even thought of being our own human Ma
...
MAR 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2016
Videos
Most moons in the solar system all orbit their host planet in the same direction, but Neptune has a bit of a strange pla
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which was originally launched to perform the duties it does today in 1990, is still
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2016
Videos
The melting ice sheets near Greenland are one of the fastest moving parts of the rapid ice melts that are happening glob
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 21, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
In 1952, a famous experiment mixed together chemicals that were present early in Earth’s history, then approximate
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Russia has a huge stockpile of ballistic missiles that were originally designed to defend the country during the Cold Wa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Meteorites that strike the Earth are composed of all kinds of elements, including metals. Among one of the more common m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2016
Videos
Earth rotates on its axis at a mind-numbing speed of 1037 miles per hour (or 1670 kilometers per hour). But, amazingly,
...
FEB 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2016
Videos
European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake has demonstrated the microgravitational effect on a toy gyroscope in space. Wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2016
Videos
Climate change is a reality that isn't going anywhere. The level of greenhouse gas currently in the atmosphere is at an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 09, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have found traces of life in mantle rocks in core samples taken from the seabed near the famous Lost City hyd
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard