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The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical bodies that orbit it, bound by its own gravitational pull. The Solar System was thought to have formed 4.6 billion years ago. The Sun makes up the vast majority of the Solar System's mass.
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NOV 23, 2022Space & Astronomy
This image can easily be mistaken for a planetary nebula, but it is actually an image of a young star in the midst of fo ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. This historic discovery has been published in the Mon ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, an international team of researchers led by the Carnegie Insti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a pair of researchers examined topographic ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken not just one but two breathtaking images of the Pillars of Creation. Located in ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a pair of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) hav ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 02, 2022Space & Astronomy
On October 12, 2022, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter mission had its second close encounter with t ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.OCT 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 25, 2022Space & Astronomy
On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extrem ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.OCT 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
I have seen the dark universe yawning, Where the black planets roll without aim; Where they roll in their horror unheede ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
Numerous theories have evolved over the years as to how the Earth’s Moon came to be, with one early theory suggest ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 12, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers led by the Chinese Academy of Geol ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was designed to study the interior and origins of Jupiter, and has been in orbit around Jup ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.OCT 11, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Physical Review Applied, a team of researchers from the University of Houston reports on ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study presented at the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference in July 2022, a research team led ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers from Cornell University examined bright spots ben ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggest t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 27, 2022Space & Astronomy
The Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plateau (LEAP) mission is a concept study funded by the European Space Agency ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.SEP 25, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 25, 2022Earth & The Environment
In submitted study in Science of The Total Environment, two researchers from Duke University estimate the average amount ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 21, 2022Space & Astronomy
A study recently published in Science suggests that many exoplanets have larger amounts of water than previously thought ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.SEP 20, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of researchers have created a no ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, a group of researchers upended two long-held scientific assum ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.SEP 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 23, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This image can easily be mistaken for a planetary nebula, but it is actually an image of a young star in the midst of fo
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. This historic discovery has been published in the Mon
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, an international team of researchers led by the Carnegie Insti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a pair of researchers examined topographic
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken not just one but two breathtaking images of the Pillars of Creation. Located in
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a pair of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) hav
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On October 12, 2022, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter mission had its second close encounter with t
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
OCT 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 25, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extrem
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
OCT 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
I have seen the dark universe yawning, Where the black planets roll without aim; Where they roll in their horror unheede
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Numerous theories have evolved over the years as to how the Earth’s Moon came to be, with one early theory suggest
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 12, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers led by the Chinese Academy of Geol
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was designed to study the interior and origins of Jupiter, and has been in orbit around Jup
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
OCT 11, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Physical Review Applied, a team of researchers from the University of Houston reports on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study presented at the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference in July 2022, a research team led
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers from Cornell University examined bright spots ben
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggest t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 27, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plateau (LEAP) mission is a concept study funded by the European Space Agency
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 25, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 25, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In submitted study in Science of The Total Environment, two researchers from Duke University estimate the average amount
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 21, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A study recently published in Science suggests that many exoplanets have larger amounts of water than previously thought
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of researchers have created a no
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, a group of researchers upended two long-held scientific assum
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc