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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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MAR 30, 2017Earth & 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 SullivanMAR 29, 2017Videos
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
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 BouchardMAR 15, 2017Videos
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 SullivanMAR 14, 2017Earth & 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 SullivanMAR 13, 2017Videos
"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 SullivanMAR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Anticipation of putting people on Mars is growing, especially because of all the hype from NASA and SpaceX to eventually ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Scientific Reports has published a study from a team of researchers from Michigan Technological University that outlined ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 09, 2017Videos
When small whirlwinds or vortexes of air occur, you sometimes get the chance to experience what are known as dust devils ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University and Columbia University was published yesterday in the journa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day (July 4th) of 2016, seems to be plagued with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
There have long been reports of strange blue jets spewing up from thunderstorm clouds on Earth. They are often spotted b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study has been published in Science Advances by a team of scientists from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Sh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 02, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature features the mineralized remains of what the team of scientists from University College ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
Cities around the United States, Iceland, and Australia have been experiencing hot flashes this February - except we&rsq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
MAR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Anticipation of putting people on Mars is growing, especially because of all the hype from NASA and SpaceX to eventually
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Scientific Reports has published a study from a team of researchers from Michigan Technological University that outlined
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 09, 2017
Videos
When small whirlwinds or vortexes of air occur, you sometimes get the chance to experience what are known as dust devils
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University and Columbia University was published yesterday in the journa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day (July 4th) of 2016, seems to be plagued with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There have long been reports of strange blue jets spewing up from thunderstorm clouds on Earth. They are often spotted b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study has been published in Science Advances by a team of scientists from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Sh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 02, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature features the mineralized remains of what the team of scientists from University College
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Cities around the United States, Iceland, and Australia have been experiencing hot flashes this February - except we&rsq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard