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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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FEB 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Of the many things NASA always keeps the public in the loop of, the spectacular imagery that end up being captured by th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space junk is accumulating in orbit around the Earth, and unfortunately, the number of things that continue to orbit Ear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star that we can observe; unfortunately, it’s so bright that we can’t look directly a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2017Videos
Bottled water costs approximately 2000 times the water flowing free out of your tap. That's like buying a $10,000 sandwi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 07, 2017Chemistry & Physics
We often wonder what life and environmental conditions would be like on other planets. Scientists have speculated scenar ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was launched in 1997 and has been observing the Saturnine system for almost 13 years. It ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
Unlike most of the planets in the Solar System, Pluto, which is actually a dwarf planet, has a moon dubbed Charon that&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
President Trump has been in office for 10 days. Within those 240 hours he has set our nation back 100 years. Of interest ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
It has long been postulated that the dark, thick striations in Venus’ atmosphere could have been caused by the pre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ever want access to the hard numbers and facts of climate studies or polar ice melt or atmospheric carbon content? Well ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 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 Bouchard
FEB 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Of the many things NASA always keeps the public in the loop of, the spectacular imagery that end up being captured by th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space junk is accumulating in orbit around the Earth, and unfortunately, the number of things that continue to orbit Ear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star that we can observe; unfortunately, it’s so bright that we can’t look directly a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2017
Videos
Bottled water costs approximately 2000 times the water flowing free out of your tap. That's like buying a $10,000 sandwi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 07, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
We often wonder what life and environmental conditions would be like on other planets. Scientists have speculated scenar
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was launched in 1997 and has been observing the Saturnine system for almost 13 years. It
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Unlike most of the planets in the Solar System, Pluto, which is actually a dwarf planet, has a moon dubbed Charon that&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
President Trump has been in office for 10 days. Within those 240 hours he has set our nation back 100 years. Of interest
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It has long been postulated that the dark, thick striations in Venus’ atmosphere could have been caused by the pre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ever want access to the hard numbers and facts of climate studies or polar ice melt or atmospheric carbon content? Well
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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