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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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OCT 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 DuanSEP 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
While astronomers studied the asteroid belt in between Mars and Jupiter with the Hubble Space Telescope over the course ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 22, 2017Videos
You can probably already guess that life on Earth won't be possible without the Sun. But do you know exactly how death o ...SEP 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope will be the most powerful space telescope ever built, and it will succeed NASA’s Hu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from both McGill University in Canada and the University of Exeter in the U.K. used the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine a casual lunch conversation inspiring a series of world-changing scientific projects and hypotheses? Thi ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 23, 2017Cardiology
Self-driving cars? How about self-healing heart cells? For a while scientists have been looking for ways to help heart c ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2017Videos
Have you ever stopped to wonder what the end of the universe might look like? Quantifying the end of the universe is dif ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2017Cardiology
A heart attack wounds the heart similar to the way a deep cut wounds the skin: it leaves a scar. However, a scar on the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A good night’s rest is essential for our general health and well-being. But for millions of Americans, the night&r ...AUG 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Videos
People typically think of a 'moon' as a natural secondary object orbiting a planet that orbits a host star. For example, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2017Videos
We use lasers for a wide variety of applications, whether it's for watching our cats go crazy while trying to chase the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will soon replace the Hubble Space Telescope as the space agency’s ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
SEP 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While astronomers studied the asteroid belt in between Mars and Jupiter with the Hubble Space Telescope over the course
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 22, 2017
Videos
You can probably already guess that life on Earth won't be possible without the Sun. But do you know exactly how death o
...
SEP 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope will be the most powerful space telescope ever built, and it will succeed NASA’s Hu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from both McGill University in Canada and the University of Exeter in the U.K. used the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine a casual lunch conversation inspiring a series of world-changing scientific projects and hypotheses? Thi
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 23, 2017
Cardiology
Self-driving cars? How about self-healing heart cells? For a while scientists have been looking for ways to help heart c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2017
Videos
Have you ever stopped to wonder what the end of the universe might look like? Quantifying the end of the universe is dif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2017
Cardiology
A heart attack wounds the heart similar to the way a deep cut wounds the skin: it leaves a scar. However, a scar on the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A good night’s rest is essential for our general health and well-being. But for millions of Americans, the night&r
...
AUG 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Videos
People typically think of a 'moon' as a natural secondary object orbiting a planet that orbits a host star. For example,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2017
Videos
We use lasers for a wide variety of applications, whether it's for watching our cats go crazy while trying to chase the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will soon replace the Hubble Space Telescope as the space agency’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard