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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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JAN 31, 2018Videos
It takes hundreds of years of sitting in a landfill emitting methane into the atmosphere for your plastic plate to decom ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
Although most satellites harbor onboard computer systems, they’re much different from the consumer-grade computers ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2018Plants & Animals
Leatherback sea turtles are some of the world’s largest, and they exist all around the globe. Nevertheless, United ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
You might not think of trees as being a fire hazard, but new research from a peatland in Alberta, Canada shows otherwise ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 21, 2018Videos
UFO sighting videos have been surfacing since the days that video capture initially became possible, but to this day, we ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
Residents of Michigan were in for quite the surprise Tuesday night after a bright ball of green light illuminated the en ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The detection of forged artworks relies heavily on chemistry techniques because many fakes seem so realistic that they a ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 10, 2018Videos
The planets residing in our solar system, just like the exoplanets of every other stellar system throughout the universe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Successful reproduction of any animal species entails a delicate balance of males and females. Unfortunately, a new stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Videos
Planetary scientists have long thought that Pluto would have a surface temperature of about -279º Fahrenheit, but the Ne ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
The top-secret Zuma mission that SpaceX held off from launching in November finally lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
So, if we call it global warming, why is it so darn cold out? That’s a question that a lot of people have been ask ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 01, 2018Space & Astronomy
Residents in the United Kingdom got to see quite the show on New Year’s Eve (Sunday) after a bright green flash ov ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
With all the forest fires going on in California as well as other parts of the world, it’s critically relevant to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Air pollution regulation has been a relative success story within the US, with major cities like LA having seen huge imp ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 25, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have been working to try to understand how microorganisms and small animals in soil affect the release of ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2017Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 07, 2017Videos
When NASA sends its Mars 2020 rover to the red planet in just a few more years, it'll utilize a parachute to land on the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 07, 2017Chemistry & Physics
This past Sunday marked the seventy-five anniversary of the day when the world’s first man-made self-sustainable c ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 07, 2017Technology
The Center for Ecoliteracy and the Whole Kids Foundation created an interactive app called "Starting with Soil."Written By: Julia TraversDEC 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
In a new study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists shed light on the oceanic conditions that have allowe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2018
Videos
It takes hundreds of years of sitting in a landfill emitting methane into the atmosphere for your plastic plate to decom
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Although most satellites harbor onboard computer systems, they’re much different from the consumer-grade computers
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
Leatherback sea turtles are some of the world’s largest, and they exist all around the globe. Nevertheless, United
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
You might not think of trees as being a fire hazard, but new research from a peatland in Alberta, Canada shows otherwise
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 21, 2018
Videos
UFO sighting videos have been surfacing since the days that video capture initially became possible, but to this day, we
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Residents of Michigan were in for quite the surprise Tuesday night after a bright ball of green light illuminated the en
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The detection of forged artworks relies heavily on chemistry techniques because many fakes seem so realistic that they a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 10, 2018
Videos
The planets residing in our solar system, just like the exoplanets of every other stellar system throughout the universe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Successful reproduction of any animal species entails a delicate balance of males and females. Unfortunately, a new stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Videos
Planetary scientists have long thought that Pluto would have a surface temperature of about -279º Fahrenheit, but the Ne
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The top-secret Zuma mission that SpaceX held off from launching in November finally lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
So, if we call it global warming, why is it so darn cold out? That’s a question that a lot of people have been ask
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 01, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Residents in the United Kingdom got to see quite the show on New Year’s Eve (Sunday) after a bright green flash ov
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
With all the forest fires going on in California as well as other parts of the world, it’s critically relevant to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Air pollution regulation has been a relative success story within the US, with major cities like LA having seen huge imp
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 25, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been working to try to understand how microorganisms and small animals in soil affect the release of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2017
Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 07, 2017
Videos
When NASA sends its Mars 2020 rover to the red planet in just a few more years, it'll utilize a parachute to land on the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 07, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
This past Sunday marked the seventy-five anniversary of the day when the world’s first man-made self-sustainable c
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 07, 2017
Technology
The Center for Ecoliteracy and the Whole Kids Foundation created an interactive app called "Starting with Soil."
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In a new study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists shed light on the oceanic conditions that have allowe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard