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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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JUL 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a new concept to astronomers and astrophysicists because they were only just d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2017Videos
Scientists estimate that tens to hundreds of millions of sea stars have died off within the last several years, ranging ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2017Cardiology
The marine invertebrate Botryllus schlosseri - AKA the star ascidian - has more in common with humans that you&rs ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
There exists a class of spatial body in between stars and gas giant plants known as brown dwarfs. These are essentially ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2017Videos
It's that time of year again. Time to sit outside at dusk and watch large rockets explode overhead, with colors and shap ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a mystery to even the brightest physicists because they’re such a new co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While attempting to learn more about the history of the early universe, astronomers studied the metallicity distribution ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
Black holes are somewhat of a marvel of space. Although we know they’re there, we don’t have many observatio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always thought they had a pretty good idea about how galaxies form and evolve over time, but a newly-di ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For a 22-year-old man in China, feeling perpetually constipated was a way of life. Neither he nor his family thought the ...JUN 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Ever got lost the woods? There are a few tricks that can help you find your way, for example the position of the sun in ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Many of us take the Sun for granted as the big ball of light in the sky that produces the heat on Earth necessary for li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2017Cancer
Multiple recent studies found adverse links between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Now a new study may have iden ...JUN 08, 2017Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
It previously made headlines that NASA is planning a mission for 2018 to launch a probe closer to the Sun than we ever h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2017Videos
The Sun is the closest star we have access to, and for that reason, most of what we know about stars today is based off ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists exploring the deep sea off of Australia’s Eastern seaboard have discovered a bevy of interesting new se ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2017Videos
During the many decades of space exploration and manned missions to the ISS one of the main jobs of astronauts, in addit ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a new concept to astronomers and astrophysicists because they were only just d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2017
Videos
Scientists estimate that tens to hundreds of millions of sea stars have died off within the last several years, ranging
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2017
Cardiology
The marine invertebrate Botryllus schlosseri - AKA the star ascidian - has more in common with humans that you&rs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There exists a class of spatial body in between stars and gas giant plants known as brown dwarfs. These are essentially
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2017
Videos
It's that time of year again. Time to sit outside at dusk and watch large rockets explode overhead, with colors and shap
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a mystery to even the brightest physicists because they’re such a new co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While attempting to learn more about the history of the early universe, astronomers studied the metallicity distribution
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are somewhat of a marvel of space. Although we know they’re there, we don’t have many observatio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always thought they had a pretty good idea about how galaxies form and evolve over time, but a newly-di
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For a 22-year-old man in China, feeling perpetually constipated was a way of life. Neither he nor his family thought the
...
JUN 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Ever got lost the woods? There are a few tricks that can help you find your way, for example the position of the sun in
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Many of us take the Sun for granted as the big ball of light in the sky that produces the heat on Earth necessary for li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2017
Cancer
Multiple recent studies found adverse links between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Now a new study may have iden
...
JUN 08, 2017
Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It previously made headlines that NASA is planning a mission for 2018 to launch a probe closer to the Sun than we ever h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2017
Videos
The Sun is the closest star we have access to, and for that reason, most of what we know about stars today is based off
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists exploring the deep sea off of Australia’s Eastern seaboard have discovered a bevy of interesting new se
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2017
Videos
During the many decades of space exploration and manned missions to the ISS one of the main jobs of astronauts, in addit
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim