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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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APR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Planet Nine is something that astronomers can’t do much more than predict at this point in time. While we’re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Half of a millennium ago, two young stars (dubbed protostars) located in the in the Orion constellation were gravitation ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Videos
The Dark Star cave system has been called the Everest of the underground world. The only difference is that its depths h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is constantly monitoring the Sun with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which is an observation device built sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2017Videos
When a ball is bounced on the ground, it will travel to a certain height depending on what kind of ball it is, its size ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
It would seem that all this hubbub about nanosatellites isn’t as out of reach as originally thought. Scientists ar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
When precariously-perched rocky material on comet 67P’s Aswan cliff lost its balance and tumbled down from the top ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Black holes are incredibly unique and misunderstood forces of nature. Their gravitational forces are extremely powerful; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
There exists a type of star so rare that only 7 of them are known to exist in our Milky Way galaxy, and one of those was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2017Videos
On Earth, we can use the DNA from plants and animals to make a family tree, which allows us to see what's related and wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
The answer to the question of how planets are formed has eluded scientists for years, but there may finally be a light a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Black holes are among some of the most misunderstood forces of nature in the universe. We understand that they’re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planet Nine is something that astronomers can’t do much more than predict at this point in time. While we’re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Half of a millennium ago, two young stars (dubbed protostars) located in the in the Orion constellation were gravitation
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Videos
The Dark Star cave system has been called the Everest of the underground world. The only difference is that its depths h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is constantly monitoring the Sun with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which is an observation device built sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2017
Videos
When a ball is bounced on the ground, it will travel to a certain height depending on what kind of ball it is, its size
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It would seem that all this hubbub about nanosatellites isn’t as out of reach as originally thought. Scientists ar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When precariously-perched rocky material on comet 67P’s Aswan cliff lost its balance and tumbled down from the top
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are incredibly unique and misunderstood forces of nature. Their gravitational forces are extremely powerful;
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There exists a type of star so rare that only 7 of them are known to exist in our Milky Way galaxy, and one of those was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2017
Videos
On Earth, we can use the DNA from plants and animals to make a family tree, which allows us to see what's related and wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The answer to the question of how planets are formed has eluded scientists for years, but there may finally be a light a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are among some of the most misunderstood forces of nature in the universe. We understand that they’re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard