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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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JAN 25, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists are confused as to why at least 95 confirmed false killer whales have stranded themselves on a coast of Flori ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 24, 2017Plants & Animals
While there are many signs that climate change is bad for the planet, yet another reason might have just recently been d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we are constantly monitoring the skies, and have a pretty good idea of the existence of a wide variety of space ro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
Fifteen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are warming up at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital aft ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
A new species of ocean fish hailing from Hawaii was reportedly discovered during a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Chemists working at the University of Oregon have created a new kind of molecule with the aim that when broken down by t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
At the beginning of December, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) discovered an excessively-large coronal hole ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Using Bacteria to Reduce Carbon Dioxide EmissionsWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 22, 2016Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Earlier in the month, a Russian cargo ship failed after what appeared to be a successful launch out of the Earth’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
Looking for water in our solar system is a good way to begin our search for extraterrestrial life, but it's not exac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which originally launched in 1997 to study Saturn up close, began a completely new orbi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
SpaceX has had their number of mishaps when it comes to failed launch attempts in getting supplies to the International ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always looking for Earth-like exoplanets outside of our Solar System because they may hold the key ingre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2016Earth & The Environment
Germany is introducing the world’s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen. Following EcoWat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 28, 2016Videos
The Moon has always been thought to lack an atmosphere, but the most recent scientific understanding is that the Moon re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
According the Yale Environment 360, starting in mid-October, hundreds of tufted puffins began washing up dead and emacia ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
A massive cylindrical metal object had fallen from the skies and landed near a village in Myanmar earlier this month. It ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
In 2003, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists were overly excited about the landing of the Beagle 2 probe on the Marti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
The earthquake that struck the east coast of Japan off the coast of Fukushima at 5:50 local time was initially measured ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbits Saturn in our Solar System, keeping track of not only what happens on Saturn, but ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists are confused as to why at least 95 confirmed false killer whales have stranded themselves on a coast of Flori
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
While there are many signs that climate change is bad for the planet, yet another reason might have just recently been d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we are constantly monitoring the skies, and have a pretty good idea of the existence of a wide variety of space ro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Fifteen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are warming up at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital aft
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
A new species of ocean fish hailing from Hawaii was reportedly discovered during a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chemists working at the University of Oregon have created a new kind of molecule with the aim that when broken down by t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
At the beginning of December, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) discovered an excessively-large coronal hole
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Using Bacteria to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 22, 2016
Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earlier in the month, a Russian cargo ship failed after what appeared to be a successful launch out of the Earth’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Looking for water in our solar system is a good way to begin our search for extraterrestrial life, but it's not exac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which originally launched in 1997 to study Saturn up close, began a completely new orbi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX has had their number of mishaps when it comes to failed launch attempts in getting supplies to the International
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always looking for Earth-like exoplanets outside of our Solar System because they may hold the key ingre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Germany is introducing the world’s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen. Following EcoWat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 28, 2016
Videos
The Moon has always been thought to lack an atmosphere, but the most recent scientific understanding is that the Moon re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
According the Yale Environment 360, starting in mid-October, hundreds of tufted puffins began washing up dead and emacia
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A massive cylindrical metal object had fallen from the skies and landed near a village in Myanmar earlier this month. It
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In 2003, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists were overly excited about the landing of the Beagle 2 probe on the Marti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The earthquake that struck the east coast of Japan off the coast of Fukushima at 5:50 local time was initially measured
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbits Saturn in our Solar System, keeping track of not only what happens on Saturn, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard