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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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MAR 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
Utah State University (USU) will be launching their Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) and College of Science-led Atmospher ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, also known simply as carbon capture, is a process that involves removing CO2 emissions fro ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
In a turn of unfortunate events, the science world was stunned to learn yesterday at the Lunar and Planetary Science Con ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 14, 2023Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by Rutgers University recently examined chalk (calcium carbonate) plates, also known as coccol ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 09, 2023Earth & The Environment
The US Department of Energy recently awarded a three-year, $2 million research grant to the University of Maryland Cente ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
Rising global temperatures are becoming a growing concern worldwide, as an international team of researchers led by the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 03, 2023Plants & Animals
Deforestation, especially human clearing of forests, has become an ecological danger linked to a number of dangerous sid ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
Planet Earth is a marvelous geological machine responsible for life to exist here. It is a machine that churns and spews ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 25, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently explored the awesomeness of Saturn's rings, from their discovery by Galileo Galilei in 1610 to their i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
On February 18, 2021, Mars 2020 landed at Jezero Crater on Mars. The mission contained a rover named Perseverance and a ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
Peter Berg has been working for NASA since 2007. Berg is an Aerospace Engineer and the Design and Analysis Team Lead in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 22, 2023Earth & The Environment
A trend in Monet's work showes hazier skies towards his later work, suggesting he was depicting air pollution.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattFEB 18, 2023Space & Astronomy
This past week, a small asteroid – colloquially known as a ‘shooting star’ – was discovered in s ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 16, 2023Plants & Animals
The increase in greenhouse gases in the environment seems driven by a one-two punch to the environment. Overall, human a ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was formed from a solar nebula, which is a rotating cloud of gas a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
Sumito Matoba (left) and Yoshinori Iizuka (right) on the southeastern dome in Greenland, drilling the ice core used in t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 10, 2023Chemistry & Physics
Scientists at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of water ice with the ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 09, 2023Chemistry & Physics
Muon scanning of the Xi'an wall in China reveals density fluctuations.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattFEB 09, 2023Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events tha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 07, 2023Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers have captured the first direct image of a brown dwarf orbiting a star. The research was led by the ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 04, 2023Space & Astronomy
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In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 02, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently explored the reflective and beautiful atmosphere of Venus that envelopes its hot and high-pressured su ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 01, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Utah State University (USU) will be launching their Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) and College of Science-led Atmospher
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, also known simply as carbon capture, is a process that involves removing CO2 emissions fro
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
In a turn of unfortunate events, the science world was stunned to learn yesterday at the Lunar and Planetary Science Con
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 14, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by Rutgers University recently examined chalk (calcium carbonate) plates, also known as coccol
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 09, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The US Department of Energy recently awarded a three-year, $2 million research grant to the University of Maryland Cente
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Rising global temperatures are becoming a growing concern worldwide, as an international team of researchers led by the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 03, 2023
Plants & Animals
Deforestation, especially human clearing of forests, has become an ecological danger linked to a number of dangerous sid
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Planet Earth is a marvelous geological machine responsible for life to exist here. It is a machine that churns and spews
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 25, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently explored the awesomeness of Saturn's rings, from their discovery by Galileo Galilei in 1610 to their i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
On February 18, 2021, Mars 2020 landed at Jezero Crater on Mars. The mission contained a rover named Perseverance and a
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Peter Berg has been working for NASA since 2007. Berg is an Aerospace Engineer and the Design and Analysis Team Lead in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 22, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A trend in Monet's work showes hazier skies towards his later work, suggesting he was depicting air pollution.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
FEB 18, 2023
Space & Astronomy
This past week, a small asteroid – colloquially known as a ‘shooting star’ – was discovered in s
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 16, 2023
Plants & Animals
The increase in greenhouse gases in the environment seems driven by a one-two punch to the environment. Overall, human a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was formed from a solar nebula, which is a rotating cloud of gas a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Sumito Matoba (left) and Yoshinori Iizuka (right) on the southeastern dome in Greenland, drilling the ice core used in t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 10, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of water ice with the
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 09, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
Muon scanning of the Xi'an wall in China reveals density fluctuations.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
FEB 09, 2023
Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events tha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 07, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers have captured the first direct image of a brown dwarf orbiting a star. The research was led by the
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Space has the ultimate element of surprise: we never know what we will learn from it next. Space and the potential for l
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
FEB 03, 2023
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 02, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently explored the reflective and beautiful atmosphere of Venus that envelopes its hot and high-pressured su
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch