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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 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 DuanMAR 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 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
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