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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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OCT 07, 2018Technology
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation consists of electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength shorter in length than the visible regi ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 02, 2018Neuroscience
Overthinking something isn't a good idea right? It can cause extra stress, anxiety, and worry. Well, yes, but a new ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Earth’s plants and animals form a symbiotic relationship. As plants convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission, ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2018Health & Medicine
Medical school is incredibly difficult to get through for most students. The workload, patient assignments, and 36-hour ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
Dust storms aren’t particularly pleasant, but you should consider yourself lucky if you ever get to experience one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Infographics
Our oceans are getting more and more acidic - but why? Though the planet's oceans maintained a relatively constant l ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 24, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers restlessly search for distant exoplanets, not only because they can teach us more about the planet we live o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Experts approximate that there’s around 7.5 metric tons’ worth of space junk swirling around our planet. Mos ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
After the last wildfire season, it’s an understatement to say that we need to get better at developing technology ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
To date, only 24 humans have journeyed to the Moon. Every one of these visits took place more than four decades ago, wit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes a fresh look on just how much clouds ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
Despite an onslaught of delays that have thus far prevented NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope from being launched ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2018Space & Astronomy
Although NASA’s Cassini mission ended almost one full year ago, researchers continue to analyze the stream of data ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2018Microbiology
Nitrogen runoff has been linked to lake health for many years; it was unclear, however, whether reducing nitrogen runoff ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA is currently eyeballing Friday, September 7th for the third consecutive launch of its Focusing Optics X-ray Solar I ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
Land ecosystems play a huge role in keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Besides the ocean, they are perhaps th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 03, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA and SpaceX lately, then you might’ve caught wind about their mut ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest-known planet in the solar system, and planetary scientists have been debating about how it formed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Miombo woodlands extend over 2.5 million square kilometers across Africa, passing through Angola, Zambia, Tanzania a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 23, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Parts of our world already have to deal with periods of drought, and it may only get worse.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists in Israel suggests that when a specific species of phytoplankton called Emiliania huxleyi i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of California, Berkeley has set out to think more critically about an ide ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 07, 2018
Technology
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation consists of electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength shorter in length than the visible regi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 02, 2018
Neuroscience
Overthinking something isn't a good idea right? It can cause extra stress, anxiety, and worry. Well, yes, but a new
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Earth’s plants and animals form a symbiotic relationship. As plants convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2018
Health & Medicine
Medical school is incredibly difficult to get through for most students. The workload, patient assignments, and 36-hour
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Dust storms aren’t particularly pleasant, but you should consider yourself lucky if you ever get to experience one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Infographics
Our oceans are getting more and more acidic - but why? Though the planet's oceans maintained a relatively constant l
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers restlessly search for distant exoplanets, not only because they can teach us more about the planet we live o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Experts approximate that there’s around 7.5 metric tons’ worth of space junk swirling around our planet. Mos
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
After the last wildfire season, it’s an understatement to say that we need to get better at developing technology
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
To date, only 24 humans have journeyed to the Moon. Every one of these visits took place more than four decades ago, wit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes a fresh look on just how much clouds
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Despite an onslaught of delays that have thus far prevented NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope from being launched
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Although NASA’s Cassini mission ended almost one full year ago, researchers continue to analyze the stream of data
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2018
Microbiology
Nitrogen runoff has been linked to lake health for many years; it was unclear, however, whether reducing nitrogen runoff
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA is currently eyeballing Friday, September 7th for the third consecutive launch of its Focusing Optics X-ray Solar I
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Land ecosystems play a huge role in keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Besides the ocean, they are perhaps th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 03, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA and SpaceX lately, then you might’ve caught wind about their mut
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest-known planet in the solar system, and planetary scientists have been debating about how it formed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Miombo woodlands extend over 2.5 million square kilometers across Africa, passing through Angola, Zambia, Tanzania a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Parts of our world already have to deal with periods of drought, and it may only get worse.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists in Israel suggests that when a specific species of phytoplankton called Emiliania huxleyi i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of California, Berkeley has set out to think more critically about an ide
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan