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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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MAR 18, 2019Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
Studying forests and gauging their growth can be a grueling and tedious line of work, especially when mosquitoes are out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
The green light was provided on Friday for a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society highlights the impact that coal-fired powe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2019Space & Astronomy
A Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is expected to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, March 14th, ferrying Ex ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2019Space & Astronomy
There’s been a lot of hype in the last couple of years in relation to colonizing Mars and building a permanent sci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2019Chemistry & Physics
During the first decade of the 21st century, the world saw a rapid surge of research and development activities surround ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Tidal marshes are a unique environment and only very specifically adapted species are able to survive in coastal marshla ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
The past week was a stressful one for SpaceX and NASA alike. It was just last Saturday that the commercial space company ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2019Earth & The Environment
In theory, biofuels are a sustainable alternative to oil and gas. In practice, however, they are expensive. With current ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 09, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and published in the journal Nature Communications has turned ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 08, 2019Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
Astronauts have been to the Moon before, but only for short periods. One of humankind’s long-term goals is to esta ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2019Space & Astronomy
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
It makes sense that the more precipitation a winter brings, the less severe the following wildfire season will be. After ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
At least 79 confirmed moons are orbiting Jupiter as we speak, but four of those are of particular interest to astronomer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In volcanically active regions, there are hot springs on the ocean floor. They are small tears in the crust, also known ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made history last February when it flew an electric Tesla Roadster supercar into outer space with the help of its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
Just as expected, SpaceX moved forward with a momentous end-to-end demonstration launch for NASA on Saturday, verifying ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
Despite a series of unanticipated delays, it seems that SpaceX is finally poised to launch its first un-crewed demonstra ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
SpaceX recently launched its second Falcon 9 rocket of 2019, this time carrying three separate spacecraft for very diffe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 20, 2019Chemistry & Physics
No matter how large an aircraft is, it can be susceptible to crosswinds as it approaches the runway. Airplane pilots kno ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2019Space & Astronomy
It was only a few days ago that the British RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft tested the concept of a tethered harpoon as a means ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2019
Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Studying forests and gauging their growth can be a grueling and tedious line of work, especially when mosquitoes are out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The green light was provided on Friday for a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society highlights the impact that coal-fired powe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2019
Space & Astronomy
A Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is expected to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, March 14th, ferrying Ex
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2019
Space & Astronomy
There’s been a lot of hype in the last couple of years in relation to colonizing Mars and building a permanent sci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
During the first decade of the 21st century, the world saw a rapid surge of research and development activities surround
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Tidal marshes are a unique environment and only very specifically adapted species are able to survive in coastal marshla
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The past week was a stressful one for SpaceX and NASA alike. It was just last Saturday that the commercial space company
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2019
Earth & The Environment
In theory, biofuels are a sustainable alternative to oil and gas. In practice, however, they are expensive. With current
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 09, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and published in the journal Nature Communications has turned
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Astronauts have been to the Moon before, but only for short periods. One of humankind’s long-term goals is to esta
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2019
Space & Astronomy
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It makes sense that the more precipitation a winter brings, the less severe the following wildfire season will be. After
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
At least 79 confirmed moons are orbiting Jupiter as we speak, but four of those are of particular interest to astronomer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In volcanically active regions, there are hot springs on the ocean floor. They are small tears in the crust, also known
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made history last February when it flew an electric Tesla Roadster supercar into outer space with the help of its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Just as expected, SpaceX moved forward with a momentous end-to-end demonstration launch for NASA on Saturday, verifying
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Despite a series of unanticipated delays, it seems that SpaceX is finally poised to launch its first un-crewed demonstra
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX recently launched its second Falcon 9 rocket of 2019, this time carrying three separate spacecraft for very diffe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 20, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
No matter how large an aircraft is, it can be susceptible to crosswinds as it approaches the runway. Airplane pilots kno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It was only a few days ago that the British RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft tested the concept of a tethered harpoon as a means
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard