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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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AUG 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 LennonMAY 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natura ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicists from the University of Minnesota have found evidence for the theory that small galaxies emitting high-en ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have created a new map that includes the outermost regions of our Milky Way galaxy. Image by: NASA/JPL/Calte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new pulsar has been discovered with images from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope, a low-frequency radio t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It's been unclear whether boys are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder more often because of detection issues, or if ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
MAY 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natura
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicists from the University of Minnesota have found evidence for the theory that small galaxies emitting high-en
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have created a new map that includes the outermost regions of our Milky Way galaxy. Image by: NASA/JPL/Calte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new pulsar has been discovered with images from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope, a low-frequency radio t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It's been unclear whether boys are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder more often because of detection issues, or if
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch