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Solar System
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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APR 30, 2022Chemistry & Physics
It has been known for ages that the Earth orbits around the Sun along with 7 more planets and dwarf planets among many o ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAPR 29, 2022Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Communications reports volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be respons ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.APR 26, 2022Space & Astronomy
“NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Solar Eclipse on Mars” NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) Rover has c ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
32 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 21, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Think of a snowball mixed with dust and tiny rocks but twice the size of the state of Rhode Island. This space snowball, ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAPR 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun – The Distant Planet. This bright blue orb hanging out near the edge of th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 24, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists have announced the discovery of a huge number of new planets. The 301 newly identified exoplanets will join 4 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system, and until recently, they have only been found within the ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 03, 2021Technology
The cost of home solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have plummeted. Today nearly every household in North America will prof ...Sponsored By: Michigan Open Sustainability Technology (MOST) LeOCT 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly. ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 05, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists were mystified by images obtained from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, which s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2021Chemistry & Physics
While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in the ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are gaining new insights on how our solar system was born from observations of a nearby star-forming region ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have found an object that's on a trajectory that will take it past Saturni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international collaboration of researchers has identified a rocky exoplanet half the size of Venus, making it the low ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. The corresponding stu ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 11, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found evidence of two mergers of black holes and their companion neutron stars about 900 million light- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope has captured evidence of mysterious free-floating planets, or planets that are alone in deep ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers led by the University of Maryland have found that the sun's magnetic field is the reason behind the larg ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international team led by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and the National Centre of Competenc ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers highlights the cyclic patterns of geologic activity on Earth. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Earth and the planets in the solar system sit within the heliosphere, a giant bubble formed by the charged particles, li ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
It has been known for ages that the Earth orbits around the Sun along with 7 more planets and dwarf planets among many o
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
APR 29, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Communications reports volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be respons
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
APR 26, 2022
Space & Astronomy
“NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Solar Eclipse on Mars” NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) Rover has c
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
32 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 21, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Think of a snowball mixed with dust and tiny rocks but twice the size of the state of Rhode Island. This space snowball,
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
APR 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun – The Distant Planet. This bright blue orb hanging out near the edge of th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 24, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have announced the discovery of a huge number of new planets. The 301 newly identified exoplanets will join 4
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system, and until recently, they have only been found within the
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 03, 2021
Technology
The cost of home solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have plummeted. Today nearly every household in North America will prof
...
Sponsored By:
Michigan Open Sustainability Technology (MOST) Le
OCT 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly.
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists were mystified by images obtained from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, which s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in the
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are gaining new insights on how our solar system was born from observations of a nearby star-forming region
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have found an object that's on a trajectory that will take it past Saturni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international collaboration of researchers has identified a rocky exoplanet half the size of Venus, making it the low
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. The corresponding stu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 11, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found evidence of two mergers of black holes and their companion neutron stars about 900 million light-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope has captured evidence of mysterious free-floating planets, or planets that are alone in deep
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers led by the University of Maryland have found that the sun's magnetic field is the reason behind the larg
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international team led by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and the National Centre of Competenc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers highlights the cyclic patterns of geologic activity on Earth.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Earth and the planets in the solar system sit within the heliosphere, a giant bubble formed by the charged particles, li
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch