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A star is a glowing, spherical astronomical object. Stars are held together by their own gravitational forces. The star closest to the Earth is the Sun.
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SEP 20, 2021Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2021Space & Astronomy
Ultradiffuse galaxies are difficult to find because they aren't very bright since their stars are so far apart. They ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2021Chemistry & Physics
While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in the ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified five objects sitting on the border between very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. The researc ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 26, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Sitting at 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. Since it&rsquo ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 19, 2021Chemistry & Physics
According to a Wednesday press release, physicists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), part of Lawrence Livermore N ...Written By: Matthew LundyAUG 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are gaining new insights on how our solar system was born from observations of a nearby star-forming region ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 17, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in Physical Review Letters presents evidence for the creation of matter and antimatter from energy ...Written By: Matthew LundyAUG 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have found an object that's on a trajectory that will take it past Saturni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international collaboration of researchers has identified a rocky exoplanet half the size of Venus, making it the low ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been able to detect a disc surrounding an exoplanet called PDS 70c with the Atacama Large Millimeter/su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
After a month-long hiatus from its routine scientific operations, 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back in wo ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our environment is full of DNA molecules. While researchers have become concerned about DNA waste material that's ac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found evidence of two mergers of black holes and their companion neutron stars about 900 million light- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 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 04, 2021Space & Astronomy
It's been estimated that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 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 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
Even though we still cannot detect dark matter, many researchers are confident that exists. It seems to act as a kind of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Plants & Animals
Coral reefs besieged by climate change and pollutants have a new line of defense against disease-an antibiotic commonly ...Written By: Anne MedinaJUN 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 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 23, 2021Space & Astronomy
Current theories suggest that stars undergo changes on timescales of millions or billions of years, and that their end i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Australian National University have discovered the first ever extraterrestrial radioactive isoto ...Written By: Annie Lennon
SEP 20, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Ultradiffuse galaxies are difficult to find because they aren't very bright since their stars are so far apart. They
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in the
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified five objects sitting on the border between very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. The researc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 26, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Sitting at 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. Since it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 19, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
According to a Wednesday press release, physicists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), part of Lawrence Livermore N
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
AUG 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are gaining new insights on how our solar system was born from observations of a nearby star-forming region
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 17, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in Physical Review Letters presents evidence for the creation of matter and antimatter from energy
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
AUG 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have found an object that's on a trajectory that will take it past Saturni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international collaboration of researchers has identified a rocky exoplanet half the size of Venus, making it the low
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been able to detect a disc surrounding an exoplanet called PDS 70c with the Atacama Large Millimeter/su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
After a month-long hiatus from its routine scientific operations, 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back in wo
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our environment is full of DNA molecules. While researchers have become concerned about DNA waste material that's ac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found evidence of two mergers of black holes and their companion neutron stars about 900 million light-
...
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 04, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It's been estimated that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Even though we still cannot detect dark matter, many researchers are confident that exists. It seems to act as a kind of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs besieged by climate change and pollutants have a new line of defense against disease-an antibiotic commonly
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
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 23, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Current theories suggest that stars undergo changes on timescales of millions or billions of years, and that their end i
...
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