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APR 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
How hot are rocky exoplanets, and could they support life? This is what an international team of researchers hope to fig ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 04, 2023Chemistry & Physics
Too often in science, the people producing results and advancing our collective understanding are little more than names ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificMAR 31, 2023Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material b ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 28, 2023Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists led by the Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias (IAC) examine the interaction betwee ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to marvel us with its brilliance, as an international team of researc ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 24, 2023Earth & The Environment
Archaeoastronomy is a scientific discipline that applies astronomical observation to archaeological interpretation. Deep ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanMAR 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
The universe is a vast and complex structure packed with endless stars, planets, nebulae, and galaxies stretching back a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 19, 2023Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by the University of Copenhagen recently used numerical simulations to examine ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
An astrophysicist from UC Riverside (UCR) recently examined "two notable gaps in planetary science", as noted by Dr. Ste ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 15, 2023Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) used the Atacama Large Milli ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are undertaking a collaborative project called the Lunar Surface Electromag ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
Ocean worlds are becoming a hot topic in the fields of planetary science and astrobiology, as Jupiter's moon, Europa, an ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
In 2016 a relatively simple burial of two individuals was excavated at the site of Tel Megiddo. I say relative ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanFEB 28, 2023Space & Astronomy
Neutron stars are some of the most incredible objects in the universe, as they are the end result of a star that has com ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 21, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler Mission, launched in 2009, revolutionized the field of exoplanet science. It provided a vast amount ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 18, 2023Space & Astronomy
This past week, a small asteroid – colloquially known as a ‘shooting star’ – was discovered in s ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was formed from a solar nebula, which is a rotating cloud of gas a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
Sumito Matoba (left) and Yoshinori Iizuka (right) on the southeastern dome in Greenland, drilling the ice core used in t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2023Technology
Astronomy can be both a fun and frustrating experience, but with the right equipment it can also be a very rewardingWritten By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 10, 2023Space & Astronomy
“Are we alone in the Universe?” That is a grand question that scientists have been trying to answer for quit ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 07, 2023Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers have captured the first direct image of a brown dwarf orbiting a star. The research was led by the ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 07, 2023Space & Astronomy
Studying astronomical objects is like peering through a window of time, where astronomers can study the universe’s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 05, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are named for their star shape, and these cells, once thought to be supporting players, are now being appreci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2023Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
APR 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
How hot are rocky exoplanets, and could they support life? This is what an international team of researchers hope to fig
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 04, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
Too often in science, the people producing results and advancing our collective understanding are little more than names
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
MAR 31, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material b
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists led by the Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias (IAC) examine the interaction betwee
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to marvel us with its brilliance, as an international team of researc
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 24, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Archaeoastronomy is a scientific discipline that applies astronomical observation to archaeological interpretation. Deep
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
MAR 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The universe is a vast and complex structure packed with endless stars, planets, nebulae, and galaxies stretching back a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 19, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by the University of Copenhagen recently used numerical simulations to examine
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An astrophysicist from UC Riverside (UCR) recently examined "two notable gaps in planetary science", as noted by Dr. Ste
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 15, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) used the Atacama Large Milli
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are undertaking a collaborative project called the Lunar Surface Electromag
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Ocean worlds are becoming a hot topic in the fields of planetary science and astrobiology, as Jupiter's moon, Europa, an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In 2016 a relatively simple burial of two individuals was excavated at the site of Tel Megiddo. I say relative
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
FEB 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Neutron stars are some of the most incredible objects in the universe, as they are the end result of a star that has com
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 21, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler Mission, launched in 2009, revolutionized the field of exoplanet science. It provided a vast amount
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 18, 2023
Space & Astronomy
This past week, a small asteroid – colloquially known as a ‘shooting star’ – was discovered in s
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was formed from a solar nebula, which is a rotating cloud of gas a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Sumito Matoba (left) and Yoshinori Iizuka (right) on the southeastern dome in Greenland, drilling the ice core used in t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2023
Technology
Astronomy can be both a fun and frustrating experience, but with the right equipment it can also be a very rewarding
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 10, 2023
Space & Astronomy
“Are we alone in the Universe?” That is a grand question that scientists have been trying to answer for quit
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 07, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers have captured the first direct image of a brown dwarf orbiting a star. The research was led by the
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 07, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Studying astronomical objects is like peering through a window of time, where astronomers can study the universe’s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are named for their star shape, and these cells, once thought to be supporting players, are now being appreci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.