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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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JUN 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
One of the cooler phenomena that occur in outer space are black holes, and famous physicist Stephen Hawking would agree. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2015Technology
Would it be wrong to call this the 'Hover' Age?
It seems that the bi-copter, tri-copter, and quad-copter des ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
Is NASA getting into the movie business? While the moon landing in July of 1969 held the world at the edge of their seat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2015Videos
While most people think of animals as cute, there are a wide variety of animals out there that are just outright bizarre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
Who remembers being 15 years old? Wasn't life great? Hanging out with friends, playing video games and probably slacking ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 12, 2015Videos
Could you imagine how much different the world's skies would be if we could actually see all of the celestial bodies out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is getting ever-so-close to its rare fly-by event in July, and as it gets closer, informa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2015Technology
It wasn't that long ago that we showed you a Canadian record-breaker that hovered in mid-air with a Marty McFly, Back to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
Fusion power, the holy grail of energy generation. If researchers could get a fusion reactor going and keep it going, we ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
Remember the Cold War? Those were good times, weren't they? Ska music, track suits, the US and the USSR working together ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
In space exploration, it's always about finding the next new thing. A galaxy never before seen, stars at the very beginn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
In space, the concept of distance can be hard to understand.
and 300 million years old."
The rate of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Videos
In a citizen science initiative, a group of volunteers sifting through images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
All over the world there are thousands of astronomy enthusiasts, from dedicated hardcore hobbyists with their own comput ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
In this Chandra image of ngc6388, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star may have ripped ap ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Nasa is bringing together scientists from a range of different fields to try and search for life on other planets.The Ne ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many ‘red and dead' members that stopped forming stars in the distan ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The sparkling centerpiece of Hubble's anniversary fireworks is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called W ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
Tens of thousands came to Washington's National Mall on Saturday to hear Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige and other pop stars ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
One of the cooler phenomena that occur in outer space are black holes, and famous physicist Stephen Hawking would agree. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2015Technology
Would it be wrong to call this the 'Hover' Age?
It seems that the bi-copter, tri-copter, and quad-copter des ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
Is NASA getting into the movie business? While the moon landing in July of 1969 held the world at the edge of their seat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2015Videos
While most people think of animals as cute, there are a wide variety of animals out there that are just outright bizarre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
Who remembers being 15 years old? Wasn't life great? Hanging out with friends, playing video games and probably slacking ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 12, 2015Videos
Could you imagine how much different the world's skies would be if we could actually see all of the celestial bodies out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is getting ever-so-close to its rare fly-by event in July, and as it gets closer, informa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2015Technology
It wasn't that long ago that we showed you a Canadian record-breaker that hovered in mid-air with a Marty McFly, Back to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
Fusion power, the holy grail of energy generation. If researchers could get a fusion reactor going and keep it going, we ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
Remember the Cold War? Those were good times, weren't they? Ska music, track suits, the US and the USSR working together ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
In space exploration, it's always about finding the next new thing. A galaxy never before seen, stars at the very beginn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
In space, the concept of distance can be hard to understand.
and 300 million years old."
The rate of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Videos
In a citizen science initiative, a group of volunteers sifting through images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
All over the world there are thousands of astronomy enthusiasts, from dedicated hardcore hobbyists with their own comput ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
In this Chandra image of ngc6388, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star may have ripped ap ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Nasa is bringing together scientists from a range of different fields to try and search for life on other planets.The Ne ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many ‘red and dead' members that stopped forming stars in the distan ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The sparkling centerpiece of Hubble's anniversary fireworks is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called W ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
Tens of thousands came to Washington's National Mall on Saturday to hear Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige and other pop stars ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
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