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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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SEP 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 BouchardAUG 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are always out to learn more about how our Solar System formed, the only problem is, we don’t have a ti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is rather distant from the Sun, found on the opposite side of the Asteroid Belt than our Solar System’s in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a space-based mission that keeps a close eye on the Sun for changes in its surfa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2016Plants & Animals
During a survey of the ocean waters surrounding Alaska, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA is all over the place in our Solar System with all kinds of spacecraft types. They’re trying to learn more ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s moons, Io, is quite the interesting character. It turns out there are two sides to Io’s per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Space planes are something of the future that are hoped to become a piece of everyday equipment in coming years for not ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions for space scientists are whether or not we’re alone in our universe. The constant sea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
A satellite study, published last week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the Greenland ice shee ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
AUG 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are always out to learn more about how our Solar System formed, the only problem is, we don’t have a ti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is rather distant from the Sun, found on the opposite side of the Asteroid Belt than our Solar System’s in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a space-based mission that keeps a close eye on the Sun for changes in its surfa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
During a survey of the ocean waters surrounding Alaska, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is all over the place in our Solar System with all kinds of spacecraft types. They’re trying to learn more ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s moons, Io, is quite the interesting character. It turns out there are two sides to Io’s per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Space planes are something of the future that are hoped to become a piece of everyday equipment in coming years for not
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions for space scientists are whether or not we’re alone in our universe. The constant sea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A satellite study, published last week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the Greenland ice shee
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan