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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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APR 08, 2018Videos
The Earth has both a North and Sound pole, but what would happen if they flipped positions? According to planetary scien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2018Space & Astronomy
When you hear the phrase ‘solar tornado,’ do you think of a swirling column of strikingly-hot plasma on the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2018Technology
Orion Span Announces Space Hotel Launch, to Be Followed by Space Real Estate OfferingsWritten By: Julia TraversAPR 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
According to the numbers from 2017, the world is investing in solar! Globally there was a growth of 98 gigawatts of new ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Launching rockets into space is expensive, and that’s why a bevy of smaller payloads often wait to fly standby. By ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Sometimes considered as the "Plan B" for solving the climate change problem, carbon sequestration is the proce ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
China lost control of its Tiangong-1 space lab some time ago, and space experts have warned that it would plummet uncont ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
Western Greenland is melting, and the rate has sped up dramatically in the last twenty years, reported researchers at Da ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2018Videos
Spacecraft that orbit Earth from the upper atmosphere, like the International Space Station, encounter slight amounts of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Back in the early 1990s, astronauts on NASA's Space Shuttle discovered that their laptops had mysterious crashes whe ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 23, 2018Technology
These wind turbines are designed to measure and deter encounters with protected birds.Written By: Julia TraversMAR 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Next time your computer crashes unexpectedly, you might be able to blame the cosmic rays as the culprit. Earth's atm ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2018Microbiology
New work reveals how the marine food web is directly impacted by atmospheric carbon dioxide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in New Phytologist suggests that trees are dying fast than before, up to two times faster! T ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
Tongass National Forest is the last remaining National Forest that still allows clear-cut old-growth logging. And that h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 08, 2018Microbiology
While unclear, it has been thought that photosynthetic organisms evolved around 2 billion years ago. New research has su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s Juno probe successfully inserted itself into orbit around Jupiter on Independence Day in 2016, no one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
You may have heard about carbon finance schemes. They’re systems set up to incentivize keeping trees in the ground ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study that looked at fossilized plant leaf waxes may provide new insight into historical climate patterns which we ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2018
Videos
The Earth has both a North and Sound pole, but what would happen if they flipped positions? According to planetary scien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When you hear the phrase ‘solar tornado,’ do you think of a swirling column of strikingly-hot plasma on the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2018
Technology
Orion Span Announces Space Hotel Launch, to Be Followed by Space Real Estate Offerings
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
According to the numbers from 2017, the world is investing in solar! Globally there was a growth of 98 gigawatts of new
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Launching rockets into space is expensive, and that’s why a bevy of smaller payloads often wait to fly standby. By
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Sometimes considered as the "Plan B" for solving the climate change problem, carbon sequestration is the proce
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
China lost control of its Tiangong-1 space lab some time ago, and space experts have warned that it would plummet uncont
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Western Greenland is melting, and the rate has sped up dramatically in the last twenty years, reported researchers at Da
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2018
Videos
Spacecraft that orbit Earth from the upper atmosphere, like the International Space Station, encounter slight amounts of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Back in the early 1990s, astronauts on NASA's Space Shuttle discovered that their laptops had mysterious crashes whe
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 23, 2018
Technology
These wind turbines are designed to measure and deter encounters with protected birds.
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Next time your computer crashes unexpectedly, you might be able to blame the cosmic rays as the culprit. Earth's atm
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2018
Microbiology
New work reveals how the marine food web is directly impacted by atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in New Phytologist suggests that trees are dying fast than before, up to two times faster! T
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Tongass National Forest is the last remaining National Forest that still allows clear-cut old-growth logging. And that h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2018
Microbiology
While unclear, it has been thought that photosynthetic organisms evolved around 2 billion years ago. New research has su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s Juno probe successfully inserted itself into orbit around Jupiter on Independence Day in 2016, no one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
You may have heard about carbon finance schemes. They’re systems set up to incentivize keeping trees in the ground
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
MAR 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study that looked at fossilized plant leaf waxes may provide new insight into historical climate patterns which we
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard