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DEC 23, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Whether young or old, anyone can enjoy those fun holiday glasses that turn pinpoints of lights into fun shapes—sno ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
Last week, astronomers gathered at the Space Telescope Science Institute, the operations center for the James Webb Space ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.DEC 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Astronomy explains how the Southern Ring Nebula obtained its unique shape; the shape is ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.DEC 16, 2022Space & Astronomy
Think of the most destructive thing you know. Is it a hammer? A car crusher? A three-year-old’s tantrum? Whatever ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 15, 2022Space & Astronomy
How dark is space? That’s a question that some astronomers are trying to answer. To do so, they sorted through 200 ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.DEC 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for science, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting -and important- scientific d ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanDEC 09, 2022Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters presents the most complete analysis of intracluster light ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.DEC 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers have detailed how groups of stars can regulate their ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.DEC 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 02, 2022Space & Astronomy
Unprecedented discoveries regarding exoplanet atmospheres have just been detailed in a series of new papers (links provi ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers led by the Paris Globe Institute o ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 23, 2022Space & Astronomy
This image can easily be mistaken for a planetary nebula, but it is actually an image of a young star in the midst of fo ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
Polarized X-ray light from a magnetar has been observed for the first time ever and the results have been published in a ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature, an international team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota successfu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 16, 2022Space & Astronomy
A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters presents a solution to some mysterious patterns that have sho ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. This historic discovery has been published in the Mon ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers led by the University of Copenhage ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 13, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science, an international team of researchers led by the Washington University in St. Lou ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 11, 2022Chemistry & Physics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society finds that “hot Jupiter” exop ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 05, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers present the first ever detection of rare Earth ele ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.NOV 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken not just one but two breathtaking images of the Pillars of Creation. Located in ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 30, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, astronomers have observed the lowest-density – or fluff ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.OCT 26, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Whether young or old, anyone can enjoy those fun holiday glasses that turn pinpoints of lights into fun shapes—sno
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Last week, astronomers gathered at the Space Telescope Science Institute, the operations center for the James Webb Space
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
DEC 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Astronomy explains how the Southern Ring Nebula obtained its unique shape; the shape is
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
DEC 16, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Think of the most destructive thing you know. Is it a hammer? A car crusher? A three-year-old’s tantrum? Whatever
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 15, 2022
Space & Astronomy
How dark is space? That’s a question that some astronomers are trying to answer. To do so, they sorted through 200
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
DEC 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for science, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting -and important- scientific d
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
DEC 09, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters presents the most complete analysis of intracluster light
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
DEC 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers have detailed how groups of stars can regulate their
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
DEC 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Unprecedented discoveries regarding exoplanet atmospheres have just been detailed in a series of new papers (links provi
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers led by the Paris Globe Institute o
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 23, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This image can easily be mistaken for a planetary nebula, but it is actually an image of a young star in the midst of fo
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Polarized X-ray light from a magnetar has been observed for the first time ever and the results have been published in a
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature, an international team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota successfu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 16, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters presents a solution to some mysterious patterns that have sho
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. This historic discovery has been published in the Mon
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers led by the University of Copenhage
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 13, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science, an international team of researchers led by the Washington University in St. Lou
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 11, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society finds that “hot Jupiter” exop
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 05, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers present the first ever detection of rare Earth ele
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken not just one but two breathtaking images of the Pillars of Creation. Located in
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 30, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, astronomers have observed the lowest-density – or fluff
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
OCT 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch