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Atmosphere
The atmosphere consists of a layer of gas surrounding a planet. It is held in place by the gravitational forces of the planet itself. The atmosphere of Earth contains nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases.
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AUG 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
The future of space travel looks bright, especially considering the fact that future deep-space probes could utilize pas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2019Earth & The Environment
You know things have gotten bad when the Arctic starts burning. Since June, over 100 wildfires have consumed the Arctic, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 31, 2019Earth & The Environment
NASA defines aerosols as tiny, airborne, solid or liquid particles present throughout the atmosphere. Although certain a ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 30, 2019Earth & The Environment
Last Thursday, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in front of the French Parliament as part of a cross-party ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
SpaceX launched another resupply mission for the International Space Station on Thursday, subtly named CRS-18, coincidin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made significant progress on its deep-space Starhopper starship project last week after a prototype of the spacec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
Summer temperatures are soaring throughout Europe, setting records that no one is excited about. During its second heatw ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 21, 2019Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station is back up to full capacity this weekend after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft successfully l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Long before Earth became a hotbed for a diversity of life forms, its atmosphere had almost no oxygen. Thanks to the emer ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
It’s been two weeks since the establishment of the United States was celebrated by the ritual lighting of colorful ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 15, 2019Space & Astronomy
Saturn is one of the solar system’s most captivating planets. That said, it’s no surprise that scientists sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2019Space & Astronomy
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at asteroid 162173 Ryugu last Summer, and it continues to conduct scientific ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Large underground networks of roots forage the earth for nutrients and water. Although we have been familiar with this p ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 12, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Plants use their roots to collect essential nutrients. We may one day be able to use those roots to store carbon undergr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to develop a $1 Billion mission dubbed ‘Dragonfly’ to study Saturn’s moon Titan, a wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2019Space & Astronomy
When looking at the bulk of distant exoplanets discovered by astronomers over the years, one thing seems obvious: most o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2019Technology
Technicolor was a breakthrough innovation in our history that changed how we see the world around us. Today, we hold uni ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 07, 2019Space & Astronomy
Several planetary bodies in the solar system are of particular interest to planetary scientists because they may teach u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2019Space & Astronomy
At the end of May, SpaceX launched a payload comprising of 60 Starlink internet satellites into space to develop the bac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2019Cancer
Have you ever heard of thirdhand smoke? Thirdhand smoke (THS) is the residue leftover from when exhaled smoke and smoke ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 04, 2019Chemistry & Physics
The year 2019 turns out to be a critical year for hydrogen. Just before the G20 summit in Japan, the International ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 02, 2019Space & Astronomy
Perhaps one of the most alarming hurdles that impacts the future of spaceflight today is the sheer amount of space junk ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard something about the Starlink internet satellit ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The future of space travel looks bright, especially considering the fact that future deep-space probes could utilize pas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2019
Earth & The Environment
You know things have gotten bad when the Arctic starts burning. Since June, over 100 wildfires have consumed the Arctic,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 31, 2019
Earth & The Environment
NASA defines aerosols as tiny, airborne, solid or liquid particles present throughout the atmosphere. Although certain a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 30, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Last Thursday, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in front of the French Parliament as part of a cross-party
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX launched another resupply mission for the International Space Station on Thursday, subtly named CRS-18, coincidin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made significant progress on its deep-space Starhopper starship project last week after a prototype of the spacec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Summer temperatures are soaring throughout Europe, setting records that no one is excited about. During its second heatw
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 21, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station is back up to full capacity this weekend after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft successfully l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Long before Earth became a hotbed for a diversity of life forms, its atmosphere had almost no oxygen. Thanks to the emer
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It’s been two weeks since the establishment of the United States was celebrated by the ritual lighting of colorful
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 15, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Saturn is one of the solar system’s most captivating planets. That said, it’s no surprise that scientists sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at asteroid 162173 Ryugu last Summer, and it continues to conduct scientific
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Large underground networks of roots forage the earth for nutrients and water. Although we have been familiar with this p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Plants use their roots to collect essential nutrients. We may one day be able to use those roots to store carbon undergr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to develop a $1 Billion mission dubbed ‘Dragonfly’ to study Saturn’s moon Titan, a wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When looking at the bulk of distant exoplanets discovered by astronomers over the years, one thing seems obvious: most o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2019
Technology
Technicolor was a breakthrough innovation in our history that changed how we see the world around us. Today, we hold uni
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 07, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Several planetary bodies in the solar system are of particular interest to planetary scientists because they may teach u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2019
Space & Astronomy
At the end of May, SpaceX launched a payload comprising of 60 Starlink internet satellites into space to develop the bac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2019
Cancer
Have you ever heard of thirdhand smoke? Thirdhand smoke (THS) is the residue leftover from when exhaled smoke and smoke
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 04, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
The year 2019 turns out to be a critical year for hydrogen. Just before the G20 summit in Japan, the International
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 02, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Perhaps one of the most alarming hurdles that impacts the future of spaceflight today is the sheer amount of space junk
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard something about the Starlink internet satellit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard