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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 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form and how can its unique geologic interior be explained? This is what a recent study published in Na ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
Did Mars once contain life, or even the building block for life? This is what NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover ha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
How will we find life on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
On November 24, 2021, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission with the goal of demonstrating t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 13, 2024Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars is known for its vast array of inactive shield volcanoes, and a new volcano could be added to the family ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can Titan’s methane-rich atmosphere teach us about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study pub ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much oxygen does Jupiter’s moon, Europa, produce, and what can this teach us about its subsurface liquid water ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
While Earth remains the only known world with bodies of liquid water on its surface, there are a myriad of worlds within ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
What was the driving force behind volcanism on ancient Mars if the Red Planet does not exhibit plate tectonics? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can planetary bodies that orbit in the far reaches of the solar system be geologically active? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 13, 2024Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to send back breathtaking images of the cosmos, to include plan ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s first Galilean moon, Io, is one of the most fascinating objects in the entire solar system, exhibiting h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover has been exploring Jezero Crater on Mars since it landed there in February 2021. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
How do solar systems form, and are these formation mechanisms similar across the universe? This is what a recent study p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Little Helicopter That Could, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, has unfortunately ended its miss ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
Objects expand and contract from heating and cooling, and planetary objects are no different, which includes our nearest ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 17, 2024Plants & Animals
How could solar energy facilities contribute to insect populations? This is what a recent study published in Environment ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 17, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 17, 2024Space & Astronomy
Solar energy is traditionally known for using massive solar panels that collect sunlight and convert it into clean energ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did our solar system form and is this process similar in other solar systems throughout the universe? This is what a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
In space, not everything is how it seems, and this might be the case with Uranus and Neptune, as a study scheduled to be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) was recently bestowed a Group Achievement Award from NASA ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form and how can its unique geologic interior be explained? This is what a recent study published in Na
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Did Mars once contain life, or even the building block for life? This is what NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover ha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How will we find life on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
On November 24, 2021, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission with the goal of demonstrating t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 13, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars is known for its vast array of inactive shield volcanoes, and a new volcano could be added to the family
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can Titan’s methane-rich atmosphere teach us about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much oxygen does Jupiter’s moon, Europa, produce, and what can this teach us about its subsurface liquid water
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
While Earth remains the only known world with bodies of liquid water on its surface, there are a myriad of worlds within
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What was the driving force behind volcanism on ancient Mars if the Red Planet does not exhibit plate tectonics? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can planetary bodies that orbit in the far reaches of the solar system be geologically active? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 13, 2024
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to send back breathtaking images of the cosmos, to include plan
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s first Galilean moon, Io, is one of the most fascinating objects in the entire solar system, exhibiting h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover has been exploring Jezero Crater on Mars since it landed there in February 2021.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do solar systems form, and are these formation mechanisms similar across the universe? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Little Helicopter That Could, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, has unfortunately ended its miss
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Objects expand and contract from heating and cooling, and planetary objects are no different, which includes our nearest
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 17, 2024
Plants & Animals
How could solar energy facilities contribute to insect populations? This is what a recent study published in Environment
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 17, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 17, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Solar energy is traditionally known for using massive solar panels that collect sunlight and convert it into clean energ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did our solar system form and is this process similar in other solar systems throughout the universe? This is what a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
In space, not everything is how it seems, and this might be the case with Uranus and Neptune, as a study scheduled to be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) was recently bestowed a Group Achievement Award from NASA
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc