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Neptune
Neptune: is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth, slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus.
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There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
In a nearby star system dubbed TW Hydra, astronomers are keeping their eyes on a disk formation of dust and gas particle ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious Planet Nine somewhere out in the far reaches of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
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Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
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The universe is a rather interesting place. There are a bunch of stars, planets, random rocks, dust, and other mysteriou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists always have their eyes in the skies. Although Neptune is the single furthest planet in our Solar System, Plut ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
If you were to choose one element that represents life, the answer would likely to be carbon. With the readiness to reac
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Determining the composition of exoplanetary atmospheres is no easy task given the sheer distance that separates them fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
What is like in the core of large rocky planets? Using high-powered laser beams, a team of researchers from Princeton Un
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 27, 2017
Videos
Beyond Neptune is a unique region of our solar system known as the Kuiper Belt. This particular area of space is a lot l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers and planetary scientists alike appear confident about their theories regarding how the solar system’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history when it completed the primary goal of flying past Pluto in 2015, but the probe is far from fin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A new study into the distant star systems that we discover and observe with the Kepler space telescope and more suggests
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In a nearby star system dubbed TW Hydra, astronomers are keeping their eyes on a disk formation of dust and gas particle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious Planet Nine somewhere out in the far reaches of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to meteorites hitting the Earth, it’s a safe bet that they could have come from nearly anywhere. Out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There is currently no proof that a ninth planet exists in our Solar System, but there is circumstantial evidence that su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The universe is a rather interesting place. There are a bunch of stars, planets, random rocks, dust, and other mysteriou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists always have their eyes in the skies. Although Neptune is the single furthest planet in our Solar System, Plut
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard