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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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JUL 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 LeitchMAY 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
A detailed cross-section of another galaxy, known as YGC 10738, has cast previous ideas of how the Milky Way was formed ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Australian National University have discovered the first ever extraterrestrial radioactive isoto ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 18, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new investigation led by Dr. Faruque Hasan, Kim Tompkins McDivitt and Phillip McDivitt from the Department of Chemical ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus. ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University have suggested that two giant blobs of rock cupping the Earth's core are l ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 05, 2021Earth & The Environment
The debate over geoengineering - the idea that we could or should use technology to engineer solutions to cool down the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
Until now, astronomers had detected X-rays from every planet in our solar system apart from the two Ice Giants: Uranus a ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 01, 2021Earth & The Environment
Climate change strikes again - literally. New findings from a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 24, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New research published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition reports a novel approach to producing hydrogen su ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New research published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B from the University of Cincinnati describes using qua ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Many years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to catch a glimpse of amazing auroras that occur on Jupiter. Now res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are packed full of organelles and molecules like proteins floating in a liquid known as cytoplasm. In recent years ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
For the first time, researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have found evidence of tectonic activity on a ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
As we move through space, the magnetic field of the planet, which (the dynamo theory states is) generated by its metal c ...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
MAY 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A detailed cross-section of another galaxy, known as YGC 10738, has cast previous ideas of how the Milky Way was formed
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Australian National University have discovered the first ever extraterrestrial radioactive isoto
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 18, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new investigation led by Dr. Faruque Hasan, Kim Tompkins McDivitt and Phillip McDivitt from the Department of Chemical
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University have suggested that two giant blobs of rock cupping the Earth's core are l
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 05, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The debate over geoengineering - the idea that we could or should use technology to engineer solutions to cool down the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Until now, astronomers had detected X-rays from every planet in our solar system apart from the two Ice Giants: Uranus a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 01, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Climate change strikes again - literally. New findings from a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 24, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New research published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition reports a novel approach to producing hydrogen su
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New research published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B from the University of Cincinnati describes using qua
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Many years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to catch a glimpse of amazing auroras that occur on Jupiter. Now res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are packed full of organelles and molecules like proteins floating in a liquid known as cytoplasm. In recent years
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
For the first time, researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have found evidence of tectonic activity on a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
As we move through space, the magnetic field of the planet, which (the dynamo theory states is) generated by its metal c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch