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OCT 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 LeitchAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2020Space & Astronomy
A new study has found that carbon-foam spacecraft could fly between Earth and Alpha Centauri, the closest planetary syst ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
With the power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have identified a very young gala ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are enormous wells of gravity that bind galaxies together and emit bright X-ray beams. Known to ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Last Tuesday, twin explosions ruptured the sky of Beirut, the Lebanese capital city. The second blast's shockwave wa ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 02, 2020Space & Astronomy
Astronomers were studying a massive star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy from 2001 to 2011. When they went back in 2019 to lo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The act of "dancing" is not limited to humans, as scientists recently discovered. According to a group of Holl ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 24, 2020Microbiology
In two counties in Illinois, a pathogen continues its emergence. Researchers have found that Lone Star ticks there are c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Chemistry & Physics
William Gilbert, the British physicist and physician who experimentally verified the magnetic nature of our planet, cont ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 17, 2020Immunology
When it comes to clinical countermeasures against COVID-19, one class of molecules stands out among the others: antibodi ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
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
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A new study has found that carbon-foam spacecraft could fly between Earth and Alpha Centauri, the closest planetary syst
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
With the power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have identified a very young gala
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are enormous wells of gravity that bind galaxies together and emit bright X-ray beams. Known to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Last Tuesday, twin explosions ruptured the sky of Beirut, the Lebanese capital city. The second blast's shockwave wa
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 02, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers were studying a massive star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy from 2001 to 2011. When they went back in 2019 to lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The act of "dancing" is not limited to humans, as scientists recently discovered. According to a group of Holl
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 24, 2020
Microbiology
In two counties in Illinois, a pathogen continues its emergence. Researchers have found that Lone Star ticks there are c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
William Gilbert, the British physicist and physician who experimentally verified the magnetic nature of our planet, cont
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 17, 2020
Immunology
When it comes to clinical countermeasures against COVID-19, one class of molecules stands out among the others: antibodi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes