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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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JAN 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s not every day that you get to see two galaxies collide somewhere in the middle of the universe. It’s a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2016Videos
The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. This is an ancient term for foods we often refer ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2016Plants & Animals
The idea that trees are capable of cooling the air around us isn’t new, but there isn’t really enough resear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 02, 2016Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 28, 2015Videos
It's a strange thing to think about, because it's been a part of our lives for as long as we can remember, but can you i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency recently sent its first astronaut to the International Space Station, Tim Peake, along with NA ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s plans to send a space vehicle to Mars for additional exploration of the red planet’s geology will lik ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2015Plants & Animals
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced this week that two subspecies of lion would be added to the En ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 16, 2015Plants & Animals
The effects of melting ice in the colder climates of our planet due to global warming has been no big surprise for years ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2015Technology
71% of the Earth’s surface is water, and most of that consists of oceans. In fact, almost 97% of the world’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2015Videos
Science is a useful tool that we have as humans to learn, study, and discover new things about our world and existence. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA has just released a new set of images downloaded from its New Horizons spacecraft that flew past the dwarf planet P ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2015Videos
Space travel is the thing of the future. NASA and other space agencies are creating goals for having people travel deep ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
There have been a lot of discoveries made far and near in our universe by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The disco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists are paying close attention to the HD 106906 system, a relatively distant and young system in which lies a you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2015Videos
The Earth has a lot of water on its surface, in fact, the Earth's surface is about 2/3 covered in water. Interestingly e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 02, 2015Videos
Space experiences from the point of view of an astronaut are always interesting to hear about. In this video, Helen Shar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2015Videos
The Cassini spacecraft is in our solar system right now within the neighborhood of Saturn and its 62 confirmed moons. Ov ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been busy tracking Pluto and its surrounding moons since even before it made th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
Within our solar system in the Saturnian neighborhood, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is orbiting around and collecting ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists have mapped the weather patterns of planets in our own solar system for years, but for the first time, scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 12, 2015Videos
NASA's mission to explore the atmosphere and evolution of the climate on Mars reported some startling information this w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
Any time that scientists discover the existence of a new exoplanet, whether it’s close or nearby, it piques intere ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s not every day that you get to see two galaxies collide somewhere in the middle of the universe. It’s a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2016
Videos
The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. This is an ancient term for foods we often refer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
The idea that trees are capable of cooling the air around us isn’t new, but there isn’t really enough resear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2016
Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 28, 2015
Videos
It's a strange thing to think about, because it's been a part of our lives for as long as we can remember, but can you i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency recently sent its first astronaut to the International Space Station, Tim Peake, along with NA
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s plans to send a space vehicle to Mars for additional exploration of the red planet’s geology will lik
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced this week that two subspecies of lion would be added to the En
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 16, 2015
Plants & Animals
The effects of melting ice in the colder climates of our planet due to global warming has been no big surprise for years
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2015
Technology
71% of the Earth’s surface is water, and most of that consists of oceans. In fact, almost 97% of the world’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
Science is a useful tool that we have as humans to learn, study, and discover new things about our world and existence.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA has just released a new set of images downloaded from its New Horizons spacecraft that flew past the dwarf planet P
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2015
Videos
Space travel is the thing of the future. NASA and other space agencies are creating goals for having people travel deep
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
There have been a lot of discoveries made far and near in our universe by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The disco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are paying close attention to the HD 106906 system, a relatively distant and young system in which lies a you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2015
Videos
The Earth has a lot of water on its surface, in fact, the Earth's surface is about 2/3 covered in water. Interestingly e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2015
Videos
Space experiences from the point of view of an astronaut are always interesting to hear about. In this video, Helen Shar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2015
Videos
The Cassini spacecraft is in our solar system right now within the neighborhood of Saturn and its 62 confirmed moons. Ov
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been busy tracking Pluto and its surrounding moons since even before it made th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Within our solar system in the Saturnian neighborhood, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is orbiting around and collecting
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have mapped the weather patterns of planets in our own solar system for years, but for the first time, scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2015
Videos
NASA's mission to explore the atmosphere and evolution of the climate on Mars reported some startling information this w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Any time that scientists discover the existence of a new exoplanet, whether it’s close or nearby, it piques intere
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard