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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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SEP 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers have been looking for answers as to why some of the ocean’s largest whales beach themselves on Earth&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2017Videos
Last year, Beijing issued several red pollution alerts, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the ...SEP 05, 2017Videos
Hurricane season isn't over yet, there are slightly less than three months to go before November 30, 2017. In the afterm ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
You may be surprised by what the wind gusts around the world. Scientists know that dust from Asia blows across the Pacif ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we know that Saturn has some of the most robust planetary rings of any other planet in the solar system, one thing ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The reaction mechanism that is responsible for NOx catalytic reduction in diesel engine emission-control process. Credit ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent paper published in Nature illuminates key findings regarding human-caused methane emissions. Scientists from th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
Permafrost. It even sounds intimidating. Permanent frost, forever frozen. Brrrr. Except in our warming planet, the frost ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
You may have seen some news out about the Yellowstone supervolcano recently, but what’s really going on down in th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Earth and Venus share a lot of qualities with one another, but there are some striking differences that set the two plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Schematic showing how a spongy photocatalyst converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide. Credit: K. Niu & H. ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wildfires in Greenland seem like an oxymoron; how could a landmass made of ice be burning? Well, it’s because Gree ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2017Videos
If you've ever observed the skies above your head before, then you might have watched as high-flying jet airplanes left ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
While NASA and other space scientists have known about the presence of cosmic rays for ages, that’s not to say tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2017Videos
Did you know that you never see the same rainbow as somebody else? That's because you view the rainbow from a different ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft launched from Earth’s surface 20 years ago, and it reached its destination at Satu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets experiment, also known as CLOUD, is an ongoing project that studies the connection ...Written By: Daniel Duan
SEP 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers have been looking for answers as to why some of the ocean’s largest whales beach themselves on Earth&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2017
Videos
Last year, Beijing issued several red pollution alerts, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the
...
SEP 05, 2017
Videos
Hurricane season isn't over yet, there are slightly less than three months to go before November 30, 2017. In the afterm
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You may be surprised by what the wind gusts around the world. Scientists know that dust from Asia blows across the Pacif
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we know that Saturn has some of the most robust planetary rings of any other planet in the solar system, one thing
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The reaction mechanism that is responsible for NOx catalytic reduction in diesel engine emission-control process. Credit
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent paper published in Nature illuminates key findings regarding human-caused methane emissions. Scientists from th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Permafrost. It even sounds intimidating. Permanent frost, forever frozen. Brrrr. Except in our warming planet, the frost
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You may have seen some news out about the Yellowstone supervolcano recently, but what’s really going on down in th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Earth and Venus share a lot of qualities with one another, but there are some striking differences that set the two plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Schematic showing how a spongy photocatalyst converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide. Credit: K. Niu & H.
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires in Greenland seem like an oxymoron; how could a landmass made of ice be burning? Well, it’s because Gree
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2017
Videos
If you've ever observed the skies above your head before, then you might have watched as high-flying jet airplanes left
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While NASA and other space scientists have known about the presence of cosmic rays for ages, that’s not to say tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2017
Videos
Did you know that you never see the same rainbow as somebody else? That's because you view the rainbow from a different
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft launched from Earth’s surface 20 years ago, and it reached its destination at Satu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets experiment, also known as CLOUD, is an ongoing project that studies the connection
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan