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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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NOV 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers had the rare opportunity to view the photons from a source of gamma ray emission from an explosion that happ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 16, 2016Videos
NASA may have retired the Space Shuttle program many years ago, but that doesn't mean you can't learn a thing or two abo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
We all know that the fossil fuel industry is one of the biggest culprits in the perpetuation of human-driven climate cha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 10, 2016Videos
In this video from the American Chemical Society, the effect of microbes on the weather is outlined. The ocean is covere ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has been observing water loss in the Martian atmosphere for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) with the MAVEN m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The closest star system to Earth’s own is the Alpha Centauri system, which is just over four light years away. Ast ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2016Earth & The Environment
With climate change ever-lurking and the impending presidential election to determine the U.S’s next leader who wi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
The New Horizons spacecraft NASA launched over a decade ago set out with a mission to fly past Pluto, and that it did in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
It happened over one year ago, and yet we are still feeling the consequences. It was on October 23, 2015, that SoCalGas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 27, 2016Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2016Videos
Most clothes factories waste on average about 40% of their raw materials. That's almost half! Such waste adds up to a hu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
While NASA's Juno probe tries its luck at investigating Jupiter, another probe known as Cassini is investigating the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2016Videos
Palm oil is used for food products, detergents, cosmetics and - increasingly - biofuel. It's in your shampoo, your ice c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 23, 2016Videos
Gary King, PhD, Professor of Microbial Biology, Louisiana State University gives a lecture on global climate change and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s Triangle) has stumped scientists for decades. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
Every year, at around this time, something spectacular happens for late-night sky-gazers. A meteor shower known as the O ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
Like NASA, the European Space Agency is trying their best to study Mars. They had hoped to use the ExoMars mission, whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Pluto was undoubtedly the biggest part of NASA’s New Horizons mission last year, when the probe achieved its succe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
Without a doubt it’s of high interest to land human beings on the red planet for the first time. Space agencies ar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
We know that the universe is big – really big – and that there are a ton of galaxies out there that contain ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2016Earth & The Environment
Saturday in Kigali. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Almost like Sundays at Tiffany’s. Well, the deal that ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers had the rare opportunity to view the photons from a source of gamma ray emission from an explosion that happ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 16, 2016
Videos
NASA may have retired the Space Shuttle program many years ago, but that doesn't mean you can't learn a thing or two abo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
We all know that the fossil fuel industry is one of the biggest culprits in the perpetuation of human-driven climate cha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2016
Videos
In this video from the American Chemical Society, the effect of microbes on the weather is outlined. The ocean is covere
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been observing water loss in the Martian atmosphere for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) with the MAVEN m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The closest star system to Earth’s own is the Alpha Centauri system, which is just over four light years away. Ast
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2016
Earth & The Environment
With climate change ever-lurking and the impending presidential election to determine the U.S’s next leader who wi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The New Horizons spacecraft NASA launched over a decade ago set out with a mission to fly past Pluto, and that it did in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
It happened over one year ago, and yet we are still feeling the consequences. It was on October 23, 2015, that SoCalGas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2016
Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2016
Videos
Most clothes factories waste on average about 40% of their raw materials. That's almost half! Such waste adds up to a hu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
While NASA's Juno probe tries its luck at investigating Jupiter, another probe known as Cassini is investigating the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2016
Videos
Palm oil is used for food products, detergents, cosmetics and - increasingly - biofuel. It's in your shampoo, your ice c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 23, 2016
Videos
Gary King, PhD, Professor of Microbial Biology, Louisiana State University gives a lecture on global climate change and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s Triangle) has stumped scientists for decades.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Every year, at around this time, something spectacular happens for late-night sky-gazers. A meteor shower known as the O
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Like NASA, the European Space Agency is trying their best to study Mars. They had hoped to use the ExoMars mission, whic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was undoubtedly the biggest part of NASA’s New Horizons mission last year, when the probe achieved its succe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Without a doubt it’s of high interest to land human beings on the red planet for the first time. Space agencies ar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We know that the universe is big – really big – and that there are a ton of galaxies out there that contain
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Saturday in Kigali. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Almost like Sundays at Tiffany’s. Well, the deal that
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard