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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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JUL 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Asteroids pose a real threat to the Earth and all the life that inhabits it. Smaller asteroids aren’t usually a pr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
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Have you ever sat in a car on a hot, Sunny day without window tint before and wondered how it was possible that you were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
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The devastating reality is that currently women account for only 13% of engineers worldwide. National Geographic Explore ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Early June, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries severed their ties with Qatar, ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 21, 2017Videos
In the 1990s, many countries signed an agreement to outlaw tests of nuclear weapons and in order to make sure no one was ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space junk is a growing problem. The orbital altitudes of Earth are getting so cluttered as we send more stuff into spac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
If we ever put astronauts on Mars, we’ll need to be careful in doing so, planning every little detail for their sa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
Russia launched a Progress MS-06 space freighter aboard a Soyuz rocket on Wednesday that was carrying nearly three tons ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2017Videos
It's hard to imagine what will become of our planet in the next 100 years, let alone 1,000,000,000 years. While many thi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 04, 2017Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2017Videos
You've probably heard that by planning more trees on Earth, we can help transform a lot of the atmosphere's carbon dioxi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Videos
And so the debate rages on: where does the Earth's atmosphere actually end, and outer space begin? There are a lot of an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Videos
When we talk about efficiency in terms of power sources, what we are really trying to determine is the ratio of the usef ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Taurid Meteor Shower is a well-known event that happens every year in October and November, and people generally lik ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but als ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2017Videos
If you are the average person living in the United States, according to the EPA you generate about 1600 pounds of waste ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids pose a real threat to the Earth and all the life that inhabits it. Smaller asteroids aren’t usually a pr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask anyone what we know about Mercury, chances are you would be met with some generic responses, such as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2017
Videos
There are only a handful of places in the Solar System where we think it might be possible to discover life. Although it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Videos
Have you ever sat in a car on a hot, Sunny day without window tint before and wondered how it was possible that you were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is one of the most mysterious planets in our Solar System, but fortunately, we have a probe with modern observat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Videos
Experts in the space transportation field, including NASA, SpaceX, and other agencies/companies alike are taking the ide
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
The devastating reality is that currently women account for only 13% of engineers worldwide. National Geographic Explore
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Early June, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries severed their ties with Qatar,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 21, 2017
Videos
In the 1990s, many countries signed an agreement to outlaw tests of nuclear weapons and in order to make sure no one was
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space junk is a growing problem. The orbital altitudes of Earth are getting so cluttered as we send more stuff into spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If we ever put astronauts on Mars, we’ll need to be careful in doing so, planning every little detail for their sa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Russia launched a Progress MS-06 space freighter aboard a Soyuz rocket on Wednesday that was carrying nearly three tons
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2017
Videos
It's hard to imagine what will become of our planet in the next 100 years, let alone 1,000,000,000 years. While many thi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 04, 2017
Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2017
Videos
You've probably heard that by planning more trees on Earth, we can help transform a lot of the atmosphere's carbon dioxi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Videos
And so the debate rages on: where does the Earth's atmosphere actually end, and outer space begin? There are a lot of an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Videos
When we talk about efficiency in terms of power sources, what we are really trying to determine is the ratio of the usef
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Taurid Meteor Shower is a well-known event that happens every year in October and November, and people generally lik
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but als
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2017
Videos
If you are the average person living in the United States, according to the EPA you generate about 1600 pounds of waste
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan