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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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NOV 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been searching the galaxy for potentially-habitable exoplanets for years, but it’s not every day ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2017Technology
"We have demonstrated that smart greenhouses can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, whi ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 08, 2017Videos
You probably hear the term 'space rock' getting thrown around a lot, but there are several kinds of space rocks, and it' ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 08, 2017Technology
The Navajo Nation has long been a major energy provider for the Southwest but has not had widespread access to electrici ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the bright power plant at the center of our solar system; its heat warms the surfaces of the innermost planet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2017Videos
Jupiter is the most massive planet in the solar system, and given that knowledge, it's not too absurd to think that Jupi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask any average Joe to describe what space is like in between all the planets in our solar system, they&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While astronomers witness asteroids and comets whizzing through our solar system on a consistent basis, it’s not e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers and planetary scientists alike appear confident about their theories regarding how the solar system’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space rocks are a hot commodity lately; namely asteroids. Not only have several of these skimmed past the Earth within u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are closely monitoring an asteroid dubbed 2012 TC4, which will make an uncomfortably-close encounter with th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2017Videos
The International Space Station is an incredible place to take photographs, as many former astronauts have shown. Now, E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA and space agencies from all around the world share the eventual goal of pushing humanity’s footprint far beyo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter and many of its moons are of scientific interest to astronomers because they could be full of undiscovered surpr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
An ongoing problem for NASA, SpaceX, and other entities involved with space travel, is packing as much equipment as poss ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space exploration and the related sciences surrounding our universe are both growing interests for nations around the wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
While astronomers studied the asteroid belt in between Mars and Jupiter with the Hubble Space Telescope over the course ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA launched its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mis ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini mission is nearing its end. It’s set to dive into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Not only does Uranus rotate almost completely on its side, an abnormal sort of behavior for any planet in our solar syst ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been searching the galaxy for potentially-habitable exoplanets for years, but it’s not every day
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2017
Technology
"We have demonstrated that smart greenhouses can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, whi
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 08, 2017
Videos
You probably hear the term 'space rock' getting thrown around a lot, but there are several kinds of space rocks, and it'
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 08, 2017
Technology
The Navajo Nation has long been a major energy provider for the Southwest but has not had widespread access to electrici
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the bright power plant at the center of our solar system; its heat warms the surfaces of the innermost planet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2017
Videos
Jupiter is the most massive planet in the solar system, and given that knowledge, it's not too absurd to think that Jupi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask any average Joe to describe what space is like in between all the planets in our solar system, they&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While astronomers witness asteroids and comets whizzing through our solar system on a consistent basis, it’s not e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers and planetary scientists alike appear confident about their theories regarding how the solar system’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space rocks are a hot commodity lately; namely asteroids. Not only have several of these skimmed past the Earth within u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are closely monitoring an asteroid dubbed 2012 TC4, which will make an uncomfortably-close encounter with th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2017
Videos
The International Space Station is an incredible place to take photographs, as many former astronauts have shown. Now, E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA and space agencies from all around the world share the eventual goal of pushing humanity’s footprint far beyo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter and many of its moons are of scientific interest to astronomers because they could be full of undiscovered surpr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
An ongoing problem for NASA, SpaceX, and other entities involved with space travel, is packing as much equipment as poss
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space exploration and the related sciences surrounding our universe are both growing interests for nations around the wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While astronomers studied the asteroid belt in between Mars and Jupiter with the Hubble Space Telescope over the course
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA launched its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mis
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Cassini mission is nearing its end. It’s set to dive into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Not only does Uranus rotate almost completely on its side, an abnormal sort of behavior for any planet in our solar syst
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard