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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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MAR 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
You might feel inclined to believe that larger, denser galaxies rotate significantly more slowly than smaller, lighter o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is quickly approaching, and as you can probably imagine, astronome ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 06, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is getting old, but astronomers continue using it to make breakthrough discoveries a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 06, 2018Chemistry & Physics
According to the Big Bang theory, astronomers believed that the entire universe was in the dark age (meaning no stars, n ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 05, 2018Videos
Outer space is a playground for scientific exploration, but it can be hard to visualize the data we capture. In most cas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
Despite serving its primary purpose during the 2015 Pluto fly-by, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft continues to brea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 31, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Just when you think we have arrived at the "Star Wars" level technology with the latest hologram platforms, a ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 30, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Using telescopes, scientists can observe the light and radiation emission from the surface of stars. But how do we ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
Although astronomers might discover new exoplanets orbiting distant stars all the time, it’s not as simple to disc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2018Neuroscience
In many science fiction movies, knowledge is uploaded directly to the brains of robots, some of whom are eerily human. W ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2018Cardiology
A discovery arose from growing human arterial endothelial cells in the lab, and scientists from the Morgridge Institute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
A distant star system called KIC 8462852 continues to fascinate astronomers for seemingly all the wrong reasons. Also kn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2018Videos
The Sun is an integral part of what makes life possible on Earth, but like almost anything else, it won't last forever. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2018Videos
You may never have paused to think about how a sea star moves about on the seafloor, or even on the beach, for that matt ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Since the Star Wars series first appeared four decades ago, it has ignited a storm of sci-fi culture and captivated the ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 18, 2017Technology
eSports are quickly gaining fans and increasing revenues.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 14, 2017Videos
Kepler-90 is a distant star system residing around 2,545 light years away from us that NASA now contends has our solar s ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
You might feel inclined to believe that larger, denser galaxies rotate significantly more slowly than smaller, lighter o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is quickly approaching, and as you can probably imagine, astronome
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is getting old, but astronomers continue using it to make breakthrough discoveries a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
According to the Big Bang theory, astronomers believed that the entire universe was in the dark age (meaning no stars, n
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 05, 2018
Videos
Outer space is a playground for scientific exploration, but it can be hard to visualize the data we capture. In most cas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Despite serving its primary purpose during the 2015 Pluto fly-by, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft continues to brea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Just when you think we have arrived at the "Star Wars" level technology with the latest hologram platforms, a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 30, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Using telescopes, scientists can observe the light and radiation emission from the surface of stars. But how do we
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Although astronomers might discover new exoplanets orbiting distant stars all the time, it’s not as simple to disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2018
Neuroscience
In many science fiction movies, knowledge is uploaded directly to the brains of robots, some of whom are eerily human. W
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2018
Cardiology
A discovery arose from growing human arterial endothelial cells in the lab, and scientists from the Morgridge Institute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
A distant star system called KIC 8462852 continues to fascinate astronomers for seemingly all the wrong reasons. Also kn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2018
Videos
The Sun is an integral part of what makes life possible on Earth, but like almost anything else, it won't last forever.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2018
Videos
You may never have paused to think about how a sea star moves about on the seafloor, or even on the beach, for that matt
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Since the Star Wars series first appeared four decades ago, it has ignited a storm of sci-fi culture and captivated the
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 18, 2017
Technology
eSports are quickly gaining fans and increasing revenues.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 14, 2017
Videos
Kepler-90 is a distant star system residing around 2,545 light years away from us that NASA now contends has our solar s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard