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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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DEC 23, 2014Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNwWOul4i9Y Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 22, 2014Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 19, 2014Space & Astronomy
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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 25, 2014Space & Astronomy
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Feared by most but still loved by many, sharks are one of the most fascinating and mystic creatures prowling the Earth&# ...JUN 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
CO2, which is generally accepted as being the leading cause of climate change, has been increasing in the atmosphere for ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 20, 2014Videos
A strange and oddly beautiful video about a fungi that invades the body of insects to grow and control the insect popula ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 22, 2014Plants & Animals
The biodiversity of planet Earth is the total variability of life forms. An estimated 1.5 million extant species are bel ...APR 30, 2014Earth & The Environment
To conservationists, the so-called "equilibrium theory of island biogeography" is a standard assumption used when predic ...APR 29, 2014Videos
New earth-like planet discovered, Kepler 186F, in a habitable zone orbiting a new star, discovered from the Kepler missi ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 22, 2014Videos
NASA invites you -- and everyone else on the planet -- to take part in a worldwide celebration of Earth Day this year wi ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 15, 2014Earth & The Environment
APR 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
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A lot of excitement has been created by the study of a tiny zircon crystal that measures approximately two times the dia ...DEC 08, 2013Space & Astronomy
Though Hubble's findings have astronomers thrilled, there is a catch: none of the five worlds are hospitable for life in ...DEC 08, 2013Space & Astronomy
Despite its aging technology, the Hubble Space Telescope continues to produce breakthrough discoveries in astronomy and ...DEC 23, 2014Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNwWOul4i9Y Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 22, 2014Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 19, 2014Space & Astronomy
The possible existence of Earth-like binary planets was described and discussed recently at the American Astronomical So ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 17, 2014Space & Astronomy
Remember all those science fiction movies that showed space travelers encased in sleep chambers? The premise was that hu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
There have been five "mass extinctions" on Earth. These are periods when extremely large numbers of species go extinct. ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 08, 2014Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAUG 13, 2014Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 25, 2014Space & Astronomy
About 2,000 planets have been discovered to date, making the possibility of the existence of intelligent alien life seem ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 27, 2014Plants & Animals
Feared by most but still loved by many, sharks are one of the most fascinating and mystic creatures prowling the Earth&# ...JUN 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
CO2, which is generally accepted as being the leading cause of climate change, has been increasing in the atmosphere for ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 20, 2014Videos
A strange and oddly beautiful video about a fungi that invades the body of insects to grow and control the insect popula ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 22, 2014Plants & Animals
The biodiversity of planet Earth is the total variability of life forms. An estimated 1.5 million extant species are bel ...APR 30, 2014Earth & The Environment
To conservationists, the so-called "equilibrium theory of island biogeography" is a standard assumption used when predic ...APR 29, 2014Videos
New earth-like planet discovered, Kepler 186F, in a habitable zone orbiting a new star, discovered from the Kepler missi ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 22, 2014Videos
NASA invites you -- and everyone else on the planet -- to take part in a worldwide celebration of Earth Day this year wi ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 15, 2014Earth & The Environment
APR 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Polynyas may sound to you like a new kind of plastic, or something you slept through in geometry class. They are really ...FEB 27, 2014Earth & The Environment
A lot of excitement has been created by the study of a tiny zircon crystal that measures approximately two times the dia ...DEC 08, 2013Space & Astronomy
Though Hubble's findings have astronomers thrilled, there is a catch: none of the five worlds are hospitable for life in ...DEC 08, 2013Space & Astronomy
Despite its aging technology, the Hubble Space Telescope continues to produce breakthrough discoveries in astronomy and ...
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