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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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FEB 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 BouchardFEB 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
Black holes are some of the universe’s strongest sources of gravitational forces. They are so powerful that they c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of interest in exploring two of our closest stellar neighbors, which happen to be Alpha and Proxima Centa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star that we can observe; unfortunately, it’s so bright that we can’t look directly a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Pulsars are one of the things astronomers have a hard time understanding. We have a pretty good idea of what they are, b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
As stars reach the end of their lives, they explode. This is the process where the nuclear fusion going on inside of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Milky Way is full of stars; some are closer to our Solar System than others, but some of the most distant that still ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Because the universe is so vast, examining it up close and in person with the processing power of a single computer is a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
A star approximately 95 light years away from Earth, known to astronomers as HD 172555, could be vaporizing a myriad of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2017Plants & Animals
New animal species are popping up in the wilderness all the time, many of which have probably been there for a really lo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
You probably remember the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which was proposed by billionaire Yuri Milner and astrophysi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some of the top space science experts are always peering through the heavens with the Hubble Space Telescope, looking fa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2017Videos
Astrobiologist Michael Russell believed the purpose of life is to hydrogenate carbon dioxide. This is a far cry from the ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 16, 2017Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
What do you know about the environmental impact that your laundry habits have? According to Energy Star, the avera ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 15, 2017Videos
Did you know that gold actually comes from the stars? Well, it technically comes from the explosion of a star - a supern ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Hubble Space Telescope is old, nearing three decades of age since its launch, but it’s still being used for space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
What if we told you another star some 64 light years away from us is on a crash course with the Solar System? Well, it t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life throughout the universe, we’ve already been sit ...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
FEB 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are some of the universe’s strongest sources of gravitational forces. They are so powerful that they c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of interest in exploring two of our closest stellar neighbors, which happen to be Alpha and Proxima Centa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star that we can observe; unfortunately, it’s so bright that we can’t look directly a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pulsars are one of the things astronomers have a hard time understanding. We have a pretty good idea of what they are, b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As stars reach the end of their lives, they explode. This is the process where the nuclear fusion going on inside of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Milky Way is full of stars; some are closer to our Solar System than others, but some of the most distant that still
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Because the universe is so vast, examining it up close and in person with the processing power of a single computer is a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
A star approximately 95 light years away from Earth, known to astronomers as HD 172555, could be vaporizing a myriad of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
New animal species are popping up in the wilderness all the time, many of which have probably been there for a really lo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You probably remember the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which was proposed by billionaire Yuri Milner and astrophysi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some of the top space science experts are always peering through the heavens with the Hubble Space Telescope, looking fa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2017
Videos
Astrobiologist Michael Russell believed the purpose of life is to hydrogenate carbon dioxide. This is a far cry from the
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 16, 2017
Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
What do you know about the environmental impact that your laundry habits have? According to Energy Star, the avera
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 15, 2017
Videos
Did you know that gold actually comes from the stars? Well, it technically comes from the explosion of a star - a supern
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Hubble Space Telescope is old, nearing three decades of age since its launch, but it’s still being used for space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
What if we told you another star some 64 light years away from us is on a crash course with the Solar System? Well, it t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life throughout the universe, we’ve already been sit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard