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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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APR 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
What is like in the core of large rocky planets? Using high-powered laser beams, a team of researchers from Princeton Un ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
All thanks to observations made by both the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and South Pole Telescope ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The death of a star can sometimes be very explosive. One can see a series of blindingly bright bursts into view in the n ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 24, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always discovering new exoplanets, and each one exhibits unique characteristics that set it apart from t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2018Videos
If a star is dim, its spectrum is also dim and the spectral lines aren't well-defined. Now, with the launching of the NA ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 16, 2018Space & Astronomy
SpaceX was originally poised to ignite the engines of one of its flagship Falcon 9 rockets Monday evening, but it now se ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope’s days are numbered due to limited fuel resources, but that won’t keep astronomer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2018Videos
What objects combine giant balls of neutrons, black holes, the search for aliens, and doomed stars? Apparently, a phenom ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 07, 2018Technology
Orion Span Announces Space Hotel Launch, to Be Followed by Space Real Estate OfferingsWritten By: Julia TraversAPR 05, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are a special type of brain cell; shaped like stars, they are thought to have a critical role in the developm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long pondered the question: why is our universe made mostly of matter but not antimatter? Theoretically, ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This work could help create cells that work as therapeutics for heart damage.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2018Neuroscience
Anxiety is a terrible burden for those who suffer from it. It's different than just fear, and it can be difficult fo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 25, 2018Videos
Origami is an ancient Japanese art involving paper-folding, but we can attribute it to so much more than just paper. NAS ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The idea of adding artificial parts to biological bodies to create an “enhanced” being isn’t anything ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
The TRAPPIST-1 system made headlines last year when astronomers found not just one, but seven terrestrial Earth-like exo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2018Health & Medicine
Getting the mumps used to be a milestone of childhood. Children would come down with them, most would recover, and that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2018Videos
Many astronomers believe that we can only see about 5% of the matter in our universe. The rest is referred to as 'dark m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Regarded as one of the world’s most brilliant minds, Stephen Hawking died peacefully at home early Wednesday, Marc ...Written By: Daniel Duan
APR 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
What is like in the core of large rocky planets? Using high-powered laser beams, a team of researchers from Princeton Un
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
All thanks to observations made by both the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and South Pole Telescope
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The death of a star can sometimes be very explosive. One can see a series of blindingly bright bursts into view in the n
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always discovering new exoplanets, and each one exhibits unique characteristics that set it apart from t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2018
Videos
If a star is dim, its spectrum is also dim and the spectral lines aren't well-defined. Now, with the launching of the NA
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX was originally poised to ignite the engines of one of its flagship Falcon 9 rockets Monday evening, but it now se
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope’s days are numbered due to limited fuel resources, but that won’t keep astronomer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2018
Videos
What objects combine giant balls of neutrons, black holes, the search for aliens, and doomed stars? Apparently, a phenom
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 07, 2018
Technology
Orion Span Announces Space Hotel Launch, to Be Followed by Space Real Estate Offerings
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 05, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are a special type of brain cell; shaped like stars, they are thought to have a critical role in the developm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long pondered the question: why is our universe made mostly of matter but not antimatter? Theoretically,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 01, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This work could help create cells that work as therapeutics for heart damage.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2018
Neuroscience
Anxiety is a terrible burden for those who suffer from it. It's different than just fear, and it can be difficult fo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 25, 2018
Videos
Origami is an ancient Japanese art involving paper-folding, but we can attribute it to so much more than just paper. NAS
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The idea of adding artificial parts to biological bodies to create an “enhanced” being isn’t anything
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The TRAPPIST-1 system made headlines last year when astronomers found not just one, but seven terrestrial Earth-like exo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2018
Health & Medicine
Getting the mumps used to be a milestone of childhood. Children would come down with them, most would recover, and that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2018
Videos
Many astronomers believe that we can only see about 5% of the matter in our universe. The rest is referred to as 'dark m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star to our planet, so it’s not surprising to learn that astronomers study it as frequently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Regarded as one of the world’s most brilliant minds, Stephen Hawking died peacefully at home early Wednesday, Marc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan