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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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NOV 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although Pluto resides 40 times farther from the Sun than the Earth, the once planet turned dwarf planet appears to be m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been searching the galaxy for potentially-habitable exoplanets for years, but it’s not every day ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe after using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to spy on a couple o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
An international team of astronomers are dumbfounded after discovering what appears to be a star that doesn’t want ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the bright power plant at the center of our solar system; its heat warms the surfaces of the innermost planet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers employing the Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) situated on the Gemini North telescope in Haw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask any average Joe to describe what space is like in between all the planets in our solar system, they&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2017Immunology
Five fruits from trees found in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest may be even better for us than blueberries, blackberr ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While astronomers witness asteroids and comets whizzing through our solar system on a consistent basis, it’s not e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 30, 2017Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2017Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as the agency’s primar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are trying to reach out to the general public to help people understand more about the work that researchers ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Our genome contains thousands of genes, each of which has to be turned on and off at precisely the right times.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2017Videos
It's crazy to think about, but the Milky Way galaxy is insignificantly-small compared to the rest of the universe. What' ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
It was just a few days ago that astronomers announced a breakthrough in gravitational wave research, and NASA deployed t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been following astronomical research for the last couple of years, then you’ve likely caught wind ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utilized collections of old birds from natural histor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 12, 2017Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, imaging is everything. Before the brain can be fully understood, it must be seen. The prob ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 09, 2017Neuroscience
The lowly worm isn't usually considered an exciting or valuable animal. Many worms are stuck on the end of a ho ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 08, 2017Videos
KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby's Star, resides more than 1,200 light years away from Earth and baffles scientists ever ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the vital reasons we have observatories floating around in space, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, is that gro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will become Hubble’s successor, that’s not to say that it wil ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola ...Written By: Daniel Duan
NOV 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although Pluto resides 40 times farther from the Sun than the Earth, the once planet turned dwarf planet appears to be m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been searching the galaxy for potentially-habitable exoplanets for years, but it’s not every day
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe after using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to spy on a couple o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
An international team of astronomers are dumbfounded after discovering what appears to be a star that doesn’t want
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the bright power plant at the center of our solar system; its heat warms the surfaces of the innermost planet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers employing the Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) situated on the Gemini North telescope in Haw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask any average Joe to describe what space is like in between all the planets in our solar system, they&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2017
Immunology
Five fruits from trees found in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest may be even better for us than blueberries, blackberr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While astronomers witness asteroids and comets whizzing through our solar system on a consistent basis, it’s not e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2017
Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as the agency’s primar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are trying to reach out to the general public to help people understand more about the work that researchers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome contains thousands of genes, each of which has to be turned on and off at precisely the right times.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Videos
It's crazy to think about, but the Milky Way galaxy is insignificantly-small compared to the rest of the universe. What'
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It was just a few days ago that astronomers announced a breakthrough in gravitational wave research, and NASA deployed t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been following astronomical research for the last couple of years, then you’ve likely caught wind
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utilized collections of old birds from natural histor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 12, 2017
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, imaging is everything. Before the brain can be fully understood, it must be seen. The prob
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 09, 2017
Neuroscience
The lowly worm isn't usually considered an exciting or valuable animal. Many worms are stuck on the end of a ho
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 08, 2017
Videos
KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby's Star, resides more than 1,200 light years away from Earth and baffles scientists ever
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the vital reasons we have observatories floating around in space, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, is that gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will become Hubble’s successor, that’s not to say that it wil
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan