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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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The Earth is made up of about two-thirds water, and scientists have thrown around ideas for years about where all of thi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2015Videos
Although we live on Earth and often take its resources for granted, it still continues to baffle scientists that Earth i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2015Infographics
Astronomy has been very important to humans for thousands of years. Many ancient civilizations would look to the stars a ...AUG 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
Yesterday's Part II of this article finished explaining how rogue planets are formed, their relationship to brown dw ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
In yesterday’s Part I of this article I explained how there are potentially huge numbers of planets drifting throu ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 20, 2015Videos
Scientists continue to be baffled by what may have been the recipe for life here on Earth. There are tons of theories; b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has been on the red planet for three Earth years, collecting information and giving sc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
If someone asked you to list all the things that make a planet a planet, (don’t get me started about Pluto) anyway ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 18, 2015Videos
Water is all around us; it makes up almost two-thirds of the planet's mass, but one interesting about water is what it c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
Despite the fact that our solar system is large, and full of planets, it’s hard to wrap our minds around the fact ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
We're sure some of you out there are amateur radio enthusiasts; there is a large support community for radio operators ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2015Videos
The Kuiper Belt is a region in outer space that extends far beyond the planets in our solar system, but still orbits the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's not every day that we get to see the dark side of the moon. Here on Earth, we always only ever see one side of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2015Videos
When NASA's Dawn probe sent back the first pictures of Ceres, with its mysterious lights, it was big news. Then along ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
The mission of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is to explore the universe for any signs of life similar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
A new lander called InSight will be on it's way to Mars in 2016, and when it lands, it will need the Mars Reconnaissance ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists are eager to find out if there are any other forms of intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe. S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2015Videos
You've heard for so long now that global warming is to blame for ice in the extreme north and extreme south of the plane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
The big question that many astronomers ask is, "Is there any other life besides us out there in the universe?"
Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Unless you've been off the planet for the past few weeks, and cut off from all media from this one, you've heard about t ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2015Videos
The Earth is made up of about two-thirds water, and scientists have thrown around ideas for years about where all of thi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2015Videos
Although we live on Earth and often take its resources for granted, it still continues to baffle scientists that Earth i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2015Infographics
Astronomy has been very important to humans for thousands of years. Many ancient civilizations would look to the stars a ...AUG 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
Yesterday's Part II of this article finished explaining how rogue planets are formed, their relationship to brown dw ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
In yesterday’s Part I of this article I explained how there are potentially huge numbers of planets drifting throu ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 20, 2015Videos
Scientists continue to be baffled by what may have been the recipe for life here on Earth. There are tons of theories; b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has been on the red planet for three Earth years, collecting information and giving sc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
If someone asked you to list all the things that make a planet a planet, (don’t get me started about Pluto) anyway ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 18, 2015Videos
Water is all around us; it makes up almost two-thirds of the planet's mass, but one interesting about water is what it c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
Despite the fact that our solar system is large, and full of planets, it’s hard to wrap our minds around the fact ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
We're sure some of you out there are amateur radio enthusiasts; there is a large support community for radio operators ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2015Videos
The Kuiper Belt is a region in outer space that extends far beyond the planets in our solar system, but still orbits the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's not every day that we get to see the dark side of the moon. Here on Earth, we always only ever see one side of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2015Videos
When NASA's Dawn probe sent back the first pictures of Ceres, with its mysterious lights, it was big news. Then along ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
The mission of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is to explore the universe for any signs of life similar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
A new lander called InSight will be on it's way to Mars in 2016, and when it lands, it will need the Mars Reconnaissance ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists are eager to find out if there are any other forms of intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe. S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2015Videos
You've heard for so long now that global warming is to blame for ice in the extreme north and extreme south of the plane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
The big question that many astronomers ask is, "Is there any other life besides us out there in the universe?"
Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Unless you've been off the planet for the past few weeks, and cut off from all media from this one, you've heard about t ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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