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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 26, 2017Videos
Did you know that no two people's farts smell the same? Where do farts come from? What are they made of? How much weight ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
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NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day of 2016, where it began its orbital insertion around our ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
In efforts to turn away from fossil fuels, many scientists have dedicated themselves to investigating biofuels,which &nb ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
Most scientists agree that Mars once had a vibrant atmosphere similar to the Earth’s. Such an atmosphere would hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
Most of us know the dangers of methane. At about 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide, and 33 times the effects when in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
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On Earth, we have a very comfortable atmosphere that makes life possible, but one other thing our atmosphere does for us ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Kamchatka Peninsula is part of Russia’s “Land of Fire and Ice” region, meaning that it is chock fu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is putting an end to perhaps one the space agency’s most versatile and useful Earth-orbiting satellites ever ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Videos
The current method of getting payloads into space is to initiate a chemical burn-fueled rocket, which has enough thrust ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2017Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
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APR 26, 2017
Videos
Did you know that no two people's farts smell the same? Where do farts come from? What are they made of? How much weight
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Cassini mission involves the probe that’s currently circling Saturn and taking vivid pictures of the gas giant
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A study released from University of Alaska oceanographer, Igor Polyakov, has recently been published in Science with con
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Last night I was shaken out of my superficial sleep with a jolt. The meaty hands of the man behind me grasped my chair t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As access to fresh water becomes scarcer, the search to find a resource efficient method of desalination becomes ever mo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In modern times, when we study a planet in our Solar System, we send a rather large satellite into space and then send i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2017
Videos
When you think of The Little Engine That Could, do you ever try to attribute the morals behind the story to other things
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day of 2016, where it began its orbital insertion around our
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In efforts to turn away from fossil fuels, many scientists have dedicated themselves to investigating biofuels,which &nb
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most scientists agree that Mars once had a vibrant atmosphere similar to the Earth’s. Such an atmosphere would hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Most of us know the dangers of methane. At about 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide, and 33 times the effects when in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The North Atlantic may not be a place that you think of as having a vast biodiverse coral reef ecosystem. But in fact th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2017
Videos
On Earth, we have a very comfortable atmosphere that makes life possible, but one other thing our atmosphere does for us
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Kamchatka Peninsula is part of Russia’s “Land of Fire and Ice” region, meaning that it is chock fu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is putting an end to perhaps one the space agency’s most versatile and useful Earth-orbiting satellites ever
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Videos
The current method of getting payloads into space is to initiate a chemical burn-fueled rocket, which has enough thrust
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2017
Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2017
Videos
Ever know that volcanoes have a scale for how destructive they can be? It's called the Volcanic Explosivity Index and me
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science by Seoul National University’s archeologist Dr. David Wright p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 13, 2017
Videos
"Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula'au" is a Hawaiian saying which means "The rains follows after the forest." This refers the ph
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan