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Astrophysics
Astrophysics: the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical nature of stars and other celestial bodies, and the application of the laws and theories of physics to the interpretation of astronomical observations. Among the objects studied are the Sun, other stars, galaxies, extrasolar planets, the interstellar medium and the cosmic microwave background. Their emissions are examined across all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the properties examined include luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition.
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OCT 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was recently kicked into safe mode following a mysterious anomaly. Spacecraft eng ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
A little more than a week ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope started exhibiting wonky gyroscope data consistent wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long suspected that beyond the 3+1 dimensions that we are familiar with, there might exist additional sp ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
In recent years, SpaceX has earned a respectable reputation in the commercial space industry. At one point, even Elon Mu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know by now that NASA’s planning to send another rover to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
Just over six years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first man-made object to fly beyond the heliopause ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which launched into orbit around the Earth in 1990, remains one of the most powerfu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
Sunday, October 7th is expected to be a special day for SpaceX. The commercial space company is poised to launch a Falco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2018Space & Astronomy
While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope earned a reputation for being quite the capable exoplanet hunter, but after all thes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2018Space & Astronomy
Alpha Centauri is one of our closest stellar neighbors at just 4.22 light years away, and astronomers think there’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto and capture stun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Among all the extrasolar systems astronomers have discovered to date, the TRAPPIST-1 system is unquestionably one of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
Japanese space agency JAXA recently made history after its Hayabusa 2 mission approached the asteroid 162173 Ryugu and d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Experts approximate that there’s around 7.5 metric tons’ worth of space junk swirling around our planet. Mos ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
In 2013, a notably-sized meteor exploded over the sky in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The shockwave from this event was so power ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recognize the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as some of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, but could ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
Outer space is nothing short of a galactic free-for-all. Space rocks fly in virtually every direction, sporadically impa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
To date, only 24 humans have journeyed to the Moon. Every one of these visits took place more than four decades ago, wit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 13, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Is there anything in the universe that can travel faster than light? A recent report in the journal Nature declared ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you were to examine outer space with a powerful telescope, you’d see a bevy of distant galaxies containing unco ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was recently kicked into safe mode following a mysterious anomaly. Spacecraft eng
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
A little more than a week ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope started exhibiting wonky gyroscope data consistent wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long suspected that beyond the 3+1 dimensions that we are familiar with, there might exist additional sp
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In recent years, SpaceX has earned a respectable reputation in the commercial space industry. At one point, even Elon Mu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know by now that NASA’s planning to send another rover to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Just over six years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first man-made object to fly beyond the heliopause
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which launched into orbit around the Earth in 1990, remains one of the most powerfu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Sunday, October 7th is expected to be a special day for SpaceX. The commercial space company is poised to launch a Falco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope earned a reputation for being quite the capable exoplanet hunter, but after all thes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Alpha Centauri is one of our closest stellar neighbors at just 4.22 light years away, and astronomers think there’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto and capture stun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Among all the extrasolar systems astronomers have discovered to date, the TRAPPIST-1 system is unquestionably one of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Japanese space agency JAXA recently made history after its Hayabusa 2 mission approached the asteroid 162173 Ryugu and d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Experts approximate that there’s around 7.5 metric tons’ worth of space junk swirling around our planet. Mos
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In 2013, a notably-sized meteor exploded over the sky in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The shockwave from this event was so power
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recognize the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as some of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, but could
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Outer space is nothing short of a galactic free-for-all. Space rocks fly in virtually every direction, sporadically impa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
To date, only 24 humans have journeyed to the Moon. Every one of these visits took place more than four decades ago, wit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 13, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Is there anything in the universe that can travel faster than light? A recent report in the journal Nature declared
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you were to examine outer space with a powerful telescope, you’d see a bevy of distant galaxies containing unco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard