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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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JAN 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
In October of last year, NASA expressed its interest in sending mankind to Mars to live there permanently, giving them t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the advanced upcoming successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that was launched in the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2016Plants & Animals
All multi-cellular life may be the result of a genetic accident that happened more than 600-million years ago, according ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2016Videos
Our atmosphere has a lot of gas in it - nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide, but it hasn't always had these gass ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 02, 2016Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
Every so often, asteroids and other large pieces of space rock and junk come very close to Earth, but fortunately they d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
Things just got really serious in space travel. Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin reusable rocket launch and landing ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 18, 2015Videos
Today Bejing issued a second pollution red alert, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the atmosp ...DEC 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a recent rare opportunity, scientists have managed to, for the first time, capture a predicted supernova in outer spa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2015Technology
71% of the Earth’s surface is water, and most of that consists of oceans. In fact, almost 97% of the world’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2015Videos
Astronauts that go into space have to be prepared to handle weightlessness. It's a totally different feeling from being ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2015Technology
Most of the world relies on a United States-based service known as GPS, or global positioning system, to navigate their ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2015Videos
A fire tornado is a rare occurrence, but can happen naturally without any human intervention. In this video, the slo-mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Waterloo think cyanobacteria contributed to the “Great Oxidation Event” (GO ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
It’s not uncommon for rocks or other debris from space to enter Earth’s atmosphere. Most of the time, a lot ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists have mapped the weather patterns of planets in our own solar system for years, but for the first time, scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 12, 2015Videos
NASA's mission to explore the atmosphere and evolution of the climate on Mars reported some startling information this w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
Any time that scientists discover the existence of a new exoplanet, whether it’s close or nearby, it piques intere ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini Solstice Mission has uncovered a lot of details about Saturn and its surrounding moons, but one thi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2015Earth & The Environment
Australia’s economy is currently quite healthy. It’s experiencing significant economic growth. It may surpri ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopNOV 05, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Much like bacteria, fungus serve as a vital component of human society with a variety of important functions. For exampl ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
The red planet in our solar system, Mars, is a lot like Earth in many ways, but the reason that it doesn’t appear ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In October of last year, NASA expressed its interest in sending mankind to Mars to live there permanently, giving them t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the advanced upcoming successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that was launched in the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
All multi-cellular life may be the result of a genetic accident that happened more than 600-million years ago, according
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2016
Videos
Our atmosphere has a lot of gas in it - nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide, but it hasn't always had these gass
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2016
Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Every so often, asteroids and other large pieces of space rock and junk come very close to Earth, but fortunately they d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Things just got really serious in space travel. Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin reusable rocket launch and landing
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2015
Videos
Today Bejing issued a second pollution red alert, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the atmosp
...
DEC 17, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a recent rare opportunity, scientists have managed to, for the first time, capture a predicted supernova in outer spa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2015
Technology
71% of the Earth’s surface is water, and most of that consists of oceans. In fact, almost 97% of the world’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2015
Videos
Astronauts that go into space have to be prepared to handle weightlessness. It's a totally different feeling from being
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2015
Technology
Most of the world relies on a United States-based service known as GPS, or global positioning system, to navigate their
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Videos
A fire tornado is a rare occurrence, but can happen naturally without any human intervention. In this video, the slo-mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Waterloo think cyanobacteria contributed to the “Great Oxidation Event” (GO
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It’s not uncommon for rocks or other debris from space to enter Earth’s atmosphere. Most of the time, a lot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have mapped the weather patterns of planets in our own solar system for years, but for the first time, scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2015
Videos
NASA's mission to explore the atmosphere and evolution of the climate on Mars reported some startling information this w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Any time that scientists discover the existence of a new exoplanet, whether it’s close or nearby, it piques intere
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini Solstice Mission has uncovered a lot of details about Saturn and its surrounding moons, but one thi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Australia’s economy is currently quite healthy. It’s experiencing significant economic growth. It may surpri
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
NOV 05, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Much like bacteria, fungus serve as a vital component of human society with a variety of important functions. For exampl
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 05, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The red planet in our solar system, Mars, is a lot like Earth in many ways, but the reason that it doesn’t appear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard