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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 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
A meteorite that landed in the Nubian Desert of Sudan almost a decade ago appears to be stirring up quite a bit of atten ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
At the center of our solar system exists a glowing-hot ball of nuclear fusion that we call the Sun. While scientists hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2018Videos
Only a handful of the planets in our solar system sport planetary rings and various theories encompass their formation. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
While space agencies may send astronauts to the International Space Station on a regular basis, it’s a bit more co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2018Videos
When astronauts visit the International Space Station or the Moon, they're only a few days away from home in an emergenc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
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Whenever we send spacecraft into space or to another planetary body for scientific research, it's vital that we scrub it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 30, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Water scarcity problem is no longer just an issue for small, isolated community. Climate change, pollution, agriculture ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Technology
Knowing when and how much to water a plant year-round can be challenging.Written By: Julia TraversMAR 06, 2018Videos
NASA's Voyager 1 probe set out to learn more about Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan, among other things, but it kept going eve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 06, 2018Chemistry & Physics
According to the Big Bang theory, astronomers believed that the entire universe was in the dark age (meaning no stars, n ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Unlike their stationary counterpart, a pulsating aurora is continuously blinking, and sometimes it lights up the night s ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 25, 2018Videos
Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet, is a place of great mystery. Earthlings admire Jupiter's beauty through ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2018Videos
Enceladus and Titan are two moons from our solar system that exhibit potentially-habitable conditions. On the other hand ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
Given the Sun’s importance in our solar system, NASA spends a considerable amount of time studying it with the Sol ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2018Chemistry & Physics
First developed in the 1960s, nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rockets had undergone extensive tests. Despite many succe ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
Despite serving its primary purpose during the 2015 Pluto fly-by, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft continues to brea ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
A meteorite that landed in the Nubian Desert of Sudan almost a decade ago appears to be stirring up quite a bit of atten
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
At the center of our solar system exists a glowing-hot ball of nuclear fusion that we call the Sun. While scientists hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2018
Videos
Only a handful of the planets in our solar system sport planetary rings and various theories encompass their formation.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While space agencies may send astronauts to the International Space Station on a regular basis, it’s a bit more co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2018
Videos
When astronauts visit the International Space Station or the Moon, they're only a few days away from home in an emergenc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
According to the numbers from 2017, the world is investing in solar! Globally there was a growth of 98 gigawatts of new
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 03, 2018
Videos
Whenever we send spacecraft into space or to another planetary body for scientific research, it's vital that we scrub it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 30, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Water scarcity problem is no longer just an issue for small, isolated community. Climate change, pollution, agriculture
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Technology
Knowing when and how much to water a plant year-round can be challenging.
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 06, 2018
Videos
NASA's Voyager 1 probe set out to learn more about Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan, among other things, but it kept going eve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
According to the Big Bang theory, astronomers believed that the entire universe was in the dark age (meaning no stars, n
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Unlike their stationary counterpart, a pulsating aurora is continuously blinking, and sometimes it lights up the night s
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 25, 2018
Videos
Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet, is a place of great mystery. Earthlings admire Jupiter's beauty through
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2018
Videos
Enceladus and Titan are two moons from our solar system that exhibit potentially-habitable conditions. On the other hand
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Given the Sun’s importance in our solar system, NASA spends a considerable amount of time studying it with the Sol
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
First developed in the 1960s, nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rockets had undergone extensive tests. Despite many succe
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Despite serving its primary purpose during the 2015 Pluto fly-by, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft continues to brea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard