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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 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
A manned mission to Venus? No thanks! you may think, with hellish surface conditions including crushing pressures, an av ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
For the first time in 2015, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted its roving buddy Curiosity on the Marti ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Plants & Animals
While other squid reproduce all at once late in their lives, vampire squid appear to
alternate between reproductiv ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 21, 2015Videos
Trees keep our planet alive. For Earth Day, one initiative asked citizens to plant trees to keep our planet healthyWritten By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 17, 2015Chemistry & Physics
A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table.
A ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 10, 2015Earth & The Environment
Unearthing and burning all the earth's practically reachable fossil fuels would result in a rise in global mean temperat ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Looking for life
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifyi ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 06, 2015Earth & The Environment
Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of po ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
We've all heard about plans for exploring and possibly even colonizing Mars. To do that we'll have to land a lot of hard ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
Since the earliest days of astronomy, since the time of Galileo, astronomers have shared a single goal - to see more, se ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed an eruption from a baby star in the Orion Constellation that appears to be a stellar growth sp ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's official, Mars rover Opportunity has completed a marathon on Mars!
Although there was no cheering crowd ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
APR 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
A manned mission to Venus? No thanks! you may think, with hellish surface conditions including crushing pressures, an av
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
For the first time in 2015, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted its roving buddy Curiosity on the Marti
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
While other squid reproduce all at once late in their lives, vampire squid appear to
alternate between reproductiv ...
alternate between reproductiv ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 21, 2015
Videos
Trees keep our planet alive. For Earth Day, one initiative asked citizens to plant trees to keep our planet healthy
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 17, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 17, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table.
A ...
A ...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 10, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Unearthing and burning all the earth's practically reachable fossil fuels would result in a rise in global mean temperat
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Looking for life
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifyi ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 06, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of po
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
We've all heard about plans for exploring and possibly even colonizing Mars. To do that we'll have to land a lot of hard
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Since the earliest days of astronomy, since the time of Galileo, astronomers have shared a single goal - to see more, se
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed an eruption from a baby star in the Orion Constellation that appears to be a stellar growth sp
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It's official, Mars rover Opportunity has completed a marathon on Mars!
Although there was no cheering crowd ...
Although there was no cheering crowd ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke