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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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JUN 18, 2016Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
Utilizing what NASA calls the Cygnus spacecraft, the United States-based space agency is hoping to learn a little more a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Tim Peake has represented the European Space Agency in a fabulous new way by becoming the first British Astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a pressing issue that the world has to deal with soon, otherwise the planet is in for some major perma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are getting excited to test out a new chipsat platform in space dubbed KickSat 2. It is the second attempt to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler mission has been the source of discovery for many exoplanets throughout the galaxy. One particular e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Perhaps one of the best feelings in the world is slipping into the cool silky salt of the ocean. Whether a quiet evening ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2016Videos
Those who enjoy skateboarding would probably have a blast trying to do it in zero gravity. Skateboard pros Tony Hawk and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic fly-by past Pluto last year, following a 9 year, 5 month, and 25 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
SpaceX recently landed another Falcon 9 rocket at a drone ship in the middle of the ocean. Although it was a success, Sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the planet Earth, over and over, collecting data about outer space, microgravity, and their effects on the huma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
It isn’t every day that someone gets to see a blazing fireball entering Earth’s atmosphere from outer space. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
A lot of mystery surrounds the existence of something known as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. These are essentia ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2016Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2016Videos
Mercury is quite a resilient little planet, likely experiencing an incredibly violent impact early on in its existence t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA Scientists have, for the first time in four decades, successfully identified atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2016Neuroscience
While most of the scientific and medical community is focused on research into the causes and treatments for dementia, t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 06, 2016Videos
Atmospheric pressure is the force exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere - yes, air has weight! Air pressure con ...MAY 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
Slightly delayed from the original estimated launch date of May 3rd, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from its La ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2016Microbiology
Many ski resorts around the world rely on artificial snow production to create better conditions on their slopes. For de ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2016Technology
The Marianas Trench is the deepest location on the planet, and it’s under the deepest depths of the ocean too. If ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Utilizing what NASA calls the Cygnus spacecraft, the United States-based space agency is hoping to learn a little more a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Tim Peake has represented the European Space Agency in a fabulous new way by becoming the first British Astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a pressing issue that the world has to deal with soon, otherwise the planet is in for some major perma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are getting excited to test out a new chipsat platform in space dubbed KickSat 2. It is the second attempt to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler mission has been the source of discovery for many exoplanets throughout the galaxy. One particular e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Perhaps one of the best feelings in the world is slipping into the cool silky salt of the ocean. Whether a quiet evening
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2016
Videos
Those who enjoy skateboarding would probably have a blast trying to do it in zero gravity. Skateboard pros Tony Hawk and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic fly-by past Pluto last year, following a 9 year, 5 month, and 25
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX recently landed another Falcon 9 rocket at a drone ship in the middle of the ocean. Although it was a success, Sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the planet Earth, over and over, collecting data about outer space, microgravity, and their effects on the huma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It isn’t every day that someone gets to see a blazing fireball entering Earth’s atmosphere from outer space.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A lot of mystery surrounds the existence of something known as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. These are essentia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2016
Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2016
Videos
Mercury is quite a resilient little planet, likely experiencing an incredibly violent impact early on in its existence t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA Scientists have, for the first time in four decades, successfully identified atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2016
Neuroscience
While most of the scientific and medical community is focused on research into the causes and treatments for dementia, t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 06, 2016
Videos
Atmospheric pressure is the force exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere - yes, air has weight! Air pressure con
...
MAY 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Slightly delayed from the original estimated launch date of May 3rd, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from its La
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Microbiology
Many ski resorts around the world rely on artificial snow production to create better conditions on their slopes. For de
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2016
Technology
The Marianas Trench is the deepest location on the planet, and it’s under the deepest depths of the ocean too. If
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard