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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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DEC 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 BouchardNOV 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 Sullivan
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
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