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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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FEB 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 BouchardDEC 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history in 2015 when it flew past Pluto and captured the clearest-ever photographs of the dwarf planet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 30, 2017Videos
Whenever you look up at the sky at night, you'll see a bevy of stars from distant stellar systems. On the other hand, yo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2017Technology
The astronauts aboard the ISS and people on Earth are sharing their unique perspectives of each other this week.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 29, 2017Health & Medicine
Unexplained bouts of anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, could be a direct result of a rare allergy to meat origin ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2017Videos
One of the most significant reasons we search for Earth-like exoplanets is because one of them could have habitable cond ...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
DEC 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history in 2015 when it flew past Pluto and captured the clearest-ever photographs of the dwarf planet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Whenever you look up at the sky at night, you'll see a bevy of stars from distant stellar systems. On the other hand, yo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2017
Technology
The astronauts aboard the ISS and people on Earth are sharing their unique perspectives of each other this week.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 29, 2017
Health & Medicine
Unexplained bouts of anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, could be a direct result of a rare allergy to meat origin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2017
Videos
One of the most significant reasons we search for Earth-like exoplanets is because one of them could have habitable cond
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard