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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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OCT 11, 2016Earth & The Environment
Can we say for certain that Hurricane Matthew was caused by climate change? Scientists say no, with a big but. No, but t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has been exploring Mars since the 1960’s, but it wasn’t until today’s modern technology and advan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 07, 2016Space & Astronomy
While we understand that planets can form relatively close to their host stars by way of generating a core first and the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the laws of physics, there are a strict set of rules that things have to follow to exist, and sometimes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2016Videos
Each year, scientists, researchers and pilots from NASA complete a survey of ice in Greenland and sea ice in the Arctic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
Although we can find exoplanets through means of the Kepler mission, and try out best to describe their qualities, such ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is almost the same size as the dwarf planet itself is, and has a red-colored patch o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
There have been credible reports that China had lost control of its Tiangong-1 space lab, which is orbiting the Earth ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
Proxima b is believed to be an Earth-like neighbor from the Proxima Centauri system, which is around 4.25 light years aw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Videos
NASA has captured a very interesting double eclipse from its solar dynamics observatory (SDO) and compiled a video out o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Humpback whales have long been considered an endangered species have having been the target of whalers for so many years ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
It is understood that Mars was probably once a water hole with tons of rivers and streams of running water, but after it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been observing the Sun with various kinds of equipment for ages to get a better understanding of how it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have had their eyes on an exoplanet dubbed Gj 1132b that was discovered last year and seems to resemble Venus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Juno is out there in space studying the atmosphere and magnetic field of Jupiter, among other things, so we can get a be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2016Earth & The Environment
Last month, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago announced in the journal Science that they h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2016Space & Astronomy
While some scientists are peering out into the great beyond looking for a supposed Planet Nine, others have recently fou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the major new missions going on in our Solar System right now is Juno. It reached its destination at Jupiter in J ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2016Videos
We've all seen the white, hazy streaks in the sky before, usually in the wake of a plane. These marks are called contrai ...AUG 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s on the to-do list of space agencies and major commercial space companies to try and put mankind on Mars somet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2016Earth & The Environment
A climate disaster has struck Louisiana with major flooding throughout the southern part of the state. At least 40,000 h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 15, 2016Videos
SpaceX does a lot of rocket launches with their Falcon 9 rocket, sometimes for commercial companies, and sometimes to he ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
Last night, while many were sleeping, SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 reusable rockets into space from the Cape Cana ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is going to attempt another launch of one of the commercial space company’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets tonig ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Can we say for certain that Hurricane Matthew was caused by climate change? Scientists say no, with a big but. No, but t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been exploring Mars since the 1960’s, but it wasn’t until today’s modern technology and advan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
While we understand that planets can form relatively close to their host stars by way of generating a core first and the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the laws of physics, there are a strict set of rules that things have to follow to exist, and sometimes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Videos
Each year, scientists, researchers and pilots from NASA complete a survey of ice in Greenland and sea ice in the Arctic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Although we can find exoplanets through means of the Kepler mission, and try out best to describe their qualities, such
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is almost the same size as the dwarf planet itself is, and has a red-colored patch o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There have been credible reports that China had lost control of its Tiangong-1 space lab, which is orbiting the Earth ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Proxima b is believed to be an Earth-like neighbor from the Proxima Centauri system, which is around 4.25 light years aw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
NASA has captured a very interesting double eclipse from its solar dynamics observatory (SDO) and compiled a video out o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales have long been considered an endangered species have having been the target of whalers for so many years
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It is understood that Mars was probably once a water hole with tons of rivers and streams of running water, but after it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been observing the Sun with various kinds of equipment for ages to get a better understanding of how it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have had their eyes on an exoplanet dubbed Gj 1132b that was discovered last year and seems to resemble Venus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Juno is out there in space studying the atmosphere and magnetic field of Jupiter, among other things, so we can get a be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last month, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago announced in the journal Science that they h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2016
Space & Astronomy
While some scientists are peering out into the great beyond looking for a supposed Planet Nine, others have recently fou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the major new missions going on in our Solar System right now is Juno. It reached its destination at Jupiter in J
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2016
Videos
We've all seen the white, hazy streaks in the sky before, usually in the wake of a plane. These marks are called contrai
...
AUG 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s on the to-do list of space agencies and major commercial space companies to try and put mankind on Mars somet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A climate disaster has struck Louisiana with major flooding throughout the southern part of the state. At least 40,000 h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 15, 2016
Videos
SpaceX does a lot of rocket launches with their Falcon 9 rocket, sometimes for commercial companies, and sometimes to he
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Last night, while many were sleeping, SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 reusable rockets into space from the Cape Cana
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is going to attempt another launch of one of the commercial space company’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets tonig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard