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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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NOV 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 04, 2020Space & Astronomy
A neutron star is born when a massive star dies out in a supernova, leaving its collapsed and incredibly dense core rema ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
When looking it galaxies, it takes little to realize that they come in different shapes- whether they're swirling bl ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Last week, the science community celebrated the awarding of this year's Nobel Physics Prize to a trio of black hole ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a robot that can analyze the effects of mutations that occur in portions of the genome that hel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal takes a new look at sunspots in order to understand stellar activi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Bern in Germany have found that an exoplanet, known as WASP-121b, is so hot that it c ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 24, 2020Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 24, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Navigating beyond Earth's orbit is tricky. Any misstep in movement could lead to the crushes of space probes and ves ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a new kind of planet- an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, or a giant exoplanet that orbits its ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 18, 2020Space & Astronomy
Back in 2017, scientists theorized that elements heavier than iron- such as gold- came to be following a collision betwe ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Most matter, and about a quarter of the mass-energy in the universe is thought to be made of dark matter, but we still d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
A bulky black hole, which may have already been the product of a black hole merger, appears to have tangled with a more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 04, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A neutron star is born when a massive star dies out in a supernova, leaving its collapsed and incredibly dense core rema
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
When looking it galaxies, it takes little to realize that they come in different shapes- whether they're swirling bl
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Last week, the science community celebrated the awarding of this year's Nobel Physics Prize to a trio of black hole
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a robot that can analyze the effects of mutations that occur in portions of the genome that hel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal takes a new look at sunspots in order to understand stellar activi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Bern in Germany have found that an exoplanet, known as WASP-121b, is so hot that it c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 24, 2020
Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 24, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Navigating beyond Earth's orbit is tricky. Any misstep in movement could lead to the crushes of space probes and ves
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a new kind of planet- an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, or a giant exoplanet that orbits its
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 18, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Back in 2017, scientists theorized that elements heavier than iron- such as gold- came to be following a collision betwe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Most matter, and about a quarter of the mass-energy in the universe is thought to be made of dark matter, but we still d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A bulky black hole, which may have already been the product of a black hole merger, appears to have tangled with a more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch