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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 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 BouchardFEB 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported that sea ice around Antarctica reached its lowest month ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 21, 2017Videos
Sometimes when watching meteors, you can hear different kinds of noises coming from the sky, such as hissing or cracklin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2017Videos
Climate change is often such a big issue that it becomes overwhelming to think about what you as an individual person ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 21, 2017Videos
At the University of Bordeaux, they used bubbles to come up with some impressive science in demonstrating the physics of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 19, 2017Videos
There are so many difficulties in trying to put a lander or probe on the surface of Venus. Unfortunately, the planet is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Northern Lights are normally seen in various high-latitude parts of the world, including polar regions and in the sk ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 15, 2017Videos
What stops a plane from flying higher into space? As a plane is propelled forward, the air going under the wings creates ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 15, 2017Videos
Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e ...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
FEB 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported that sea ice around Antarctica reached its lowest month
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 21, 2017
Videos
Sometimes when watching meteors, you can hear different kinds of noises coming from the sky, such as hissing or cracklin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2017
Videos
Climate change is often such a big issue that it becomes overwhelming to think about what you as an individual person ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 21, 2017
Videos
At the University of Bordeaux, they used bubbles to come up with some impressive science in demonstrating the physics of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 19, 2017
Videos
There are so many difficulties in trying to put a lander or probe on the surface of Venus. Unfortunately, the planet is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Northern Lights are normally seen in various high-latitude parts of the world, including polar regions and in the sk
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2017
Videos
What stops a plane from flying higher into space? As a plane is propelled forward, the air going under the wings creates
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 15, 2017
Videos
Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan