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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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SEP 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
While things like distance and size are difficult to really comprehend when it comes to outer space, astronomers do keep ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
You’ve probably heard of SETI, (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). It is, as its name implies, a sear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopSEP 09, 2015Videos
We are a part of the Milky Way galaxy, cleverly named after the fact that our galaxy has a very milky look to it. The li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
As if singing on tour with Duke Ellington and being one of the first African American actresses to play a character othe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Black holes, which are formed from the death of a star, are entities far out in outer space with such large gravitationa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2015Infographics
Astronomy has been very important to humans for thousands of years. Many ancient civilizations would look to the stars a ...AUG 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
Yesterday's Part II of this article finished explaining how rogue planets are formed, their relationship to brown dw ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
In yesterday’s Part I of this article I explained how there are potentially huge numbers of planets drifting throu ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
If someone asked you to list all the things that make a planet a planet, (don’t get me started about Pluto) anyway ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Space travel has always been about going higher, further, faster. That isn’t just a quote from superhero Captain M ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
Despite the fact that our solar system is large, and full of planets, it’s hard to wrap our minds around the fact ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
We're sure some of you out there are amateur radio enthusiasts; there is a large support community for radio operators ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
The meteors are coming! The meteors are coming! In 1775 Paul Revere rode through the countryside heralding an arrival th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2015Neuroscience
Now thought to speed up the brain's messaging process, the astrocyte, a type of glial cell, seems to do more than feed a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
The mission of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is to explore the universe for any signs of life similar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2015Videos
Black holes are and have always been very mysterious. They have even our most gifted physicists scratching their heads a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2015Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Many think outer space is pretty empty; that maybe it's just a bunch of black nothingness with some planets floating aro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
Space never ceases to amaze and fascinate us humans. Every time a new discovery is made, it can completely revolutionize ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Supernova. Pulsar. Black hole. All of these are celestial events that astronomers study, hoping to find clues about how ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2015Technology
Holograms are something that we attribute to science fiction. We've seen them in Star Wars, and various other science fi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2015Videos
It's that time of year. It stays light longer, we want to linger in the yard and stay out until the stars come on. Excep ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
While things like distance and size are difficult to really comprehend when it comes to outer space, astronomers do keep
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You’ve probably heard of SETI, (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). It is, as its name implies, a sear
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 09, 2015
Videos
We are a part of the Milky Way galaxy, cleverly named after the fact that our galaxy has a very milky look to it. The li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As if singing on tour with Duke Ellington and being one of the first African American actresses to play a character othe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Black holes, which are formed from the death of a star, are entities far out in outer space with such large gravitationa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2015
Infographics
Astronomy has been very important to humans for thousands of years. Many ancient civilizations would look to the stars a
...
AUG 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Yesterday's Part II of this article finished explaining how rogue planets are formed, their relationship to brown dw
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In yesterday’s Part I of this article I explained how there are potentially huge numbers of planets drifting throu
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
If someone asked you to list all the things that make a planet a planet, (don’t get me started about Pluto) anyway
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Space travel has always been about going higher, further, faster. That isn’t just a quote from superhero Captain M
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Despite the fact that our solar system is large, and full of planets, it’s hard to wrap our minds around the fact
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
We're sure some of you out there are amateur radio enthusiasts; there is a large support community for radio operators (
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The meteors are coming! The meteors are coming! In 1775 Paul Revere rode through the countryside heralding an arrival th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Now thought to speed up the brain's messaging process, the astrocyte, a type of glial cell, seems to do more than feed a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The mission of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is to explore the universe for any signs of life similar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 29, 2015
Videos
Black holes are and have always been very mysterious. They have even our most gifted physicists scratching their heads a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Many think outer space is pretty empty; that maybe it's just a bunch of black nothingness with some planets floating aro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Space never ceases to amaze and fascinate us humans. Every time a new discovery is made, it can completely revolutionize
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Supernova. Pulsar. Black hole. All of these are celestial events that astronomers study, hoping to find clues about how
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2015
Technology
Holograms are something that we attribute to science fiction. We've seen them in Star Wars, and various other science fi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2015
Videos
It's that time of year. It stays light longer, we want to linger in the yard and stay out until the stars come on. Excep
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim