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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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JAN 05, 2021Space & Astronomy
As scientists are learning more about microbes existing in the higher echelons of the Earth's atmosphere, they are b ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 14, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment comments on the reasons why Earth ha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 12, 2020Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from Serbia have found that invisible structures created by gravitational interaction in our Solar System ge ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
W/hile renewable energy technologies have developed exponentially in recent years, a major barrier towards their adoptio ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 19, 2020Space & Astronomy
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars A ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
In mapping the original locations of Saturn and Jupiter in our Solar System, astronomers have found that there was once ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2020Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
There was a time when scientists had to wait for an asteroid to fall to Earth before they could study one.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal takes a new look at sunspots in order to understand stellar activi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 08, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 05, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research from a KAUST team highlights the development of a semiconductive photocatalyst that recycles CO2 and c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 24, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Navigating beyond Earth's orbit is tricky. Any misstep in movement could lead to the crushes of space probes and ves ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, reaching 465 degrees Celcius- a temperature hot enough to melt lead. Wh ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2020Space & Astronomy
A new study has found that carbon-foam spacecraft could fly between Earth and Alpha Centauri, the closest planetary syst ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2020Space & Astronomy
An object hurtling through our solar system known as 'Oumuamua' is our first visitor from another solar sys ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JAN 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
As scientists are learning more about microbes existing in the higher echelons of the Earth's atmosphere, they are b
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 14, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment comments on the reasons why Earth ha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 12, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from Serbia have found that invisible structures created by gravitational interaction in our Solar System ge
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
W/hile renewable energy technologies have developed exponentially in recent years, a major barrier towards their adoptio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars A
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In mapping the original locations of Saturn and Jupiter in our Solar System, astronomers have found that there was once
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
There was a time when scientists had to wait for an asteroid to fall to Earth before they could study one.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal takes a new look at sunspots in order to understand stellar activi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 08, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 05, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research from a KAUST team highlights the development of a semiconductive photocatalyst that recycles CO2 and c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 24, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Navigating beyond Earth's orbit is tricky. Any misstep in movement could lead to the crushes of space probes and ves
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, reaching 465 degrees Celcius- a temperature hot enough to melt lead. Wh
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A new study has found that carbon-foam spacecraft could fly between Earth and Alpha Centauri, the closest planetary syst
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2020
Space & Astronomy
An object hurtling through our solar system known as 'Oumuamua' is our first visitor from another solar sys
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon