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Moon: in which our Earth's Moon, is an astronomical body that orbits the planet and acts as its only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits.
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DEC 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 23, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Many of us played with magnets when we were children, and for some, it was the first scientific principle we learned. Ma ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
During a flyby of Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft made a recording on June 7, 2021. The frequency of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
When humans inevitably return to the Moon, they're going to need water to survive for both short- and long-term missions ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
This week, a partial lunar eclipse will occur, overnight from Thursday, November 18 through the early morning hours of F ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system, and until recently, they have only been found within the ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 13, 2021Space & Astronomy
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 23, 2021Microbiology
Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2021Space & Astronomy
An image of Saturn's moon Titan on November 11, 1980 during Voyager 1's flyby. Courtesy NASA/JPL-CalTech/Kevin M. GillWritten By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
As much of the US swelters in a heat wave this week, cloud cover is also predicted to be low in many places. While there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Magnetization on the moon may come from impact events from objects like meteors instead of the presence of a magnetic sh ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
It takes 27,322 days for it to orbit Earth and 27 days for the Moon to rotate once on its axis. We can't detect that mot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2021Microbiology
Our atmosphere is about 20 percent oxygen, which life on our planet needs to survive. It's thought that billions of year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. The corresponding stu ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been able to detect a disc surrounding an exoplanet called PDS 70c with the Atacama Large Millimeter/su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover is its ability to perform some scientific experiments. One of i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2021Space & Astronomy
On July 16, 1969 the Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral (Cape Kennedy) Florida. Four days later, astr ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanJUL 17, 2021Earth & The Environment
Solar radio signals from the sun could provide a cheaper and low-power way of monitoring vast expanses of ice sheets, an ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has giant erupting plumes of water that, scientists say, can not be explained by known g ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natura ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus. ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 02, 2021Space & Astronomy
Although Venus is our planet’s closest neighbour, its fundamental properties have remained largely unknown. Now th ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University have suggested that two giant blobs of rock cupping the Earth's core are l ...Written By: Annie Lennon
DEC 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 23, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Many of us played with magnets when we were children, and for some, it was the first scientific principle we learned. Ma
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
During a flyby of Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft made a recording on June 7, 2021. The frequency of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
When humans inevitably return to the Moon, they're going to need water to survive for both short- and long-term missions
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This week, a partial lunar eclipse will occur, overnight from Thursday, November 18 through the early morning hours of F
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system, and until recently, they have only been found within the
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 23, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An image of Saturn's moon Titan on November 11, 1980 during Voyager 1's flyby. Courtesy NASA/JPL-CalTech/Kevin M. Gill
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
As much of the US swelters in a heat wave this week, cloud cover is also predicted to be low in many places. While there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Magnetization on the moon may come from impact events from objects like meteors instead of the presence of a magnetic sh
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It takes 27,322 days for it to orbit Earth and 27 days for the Moon to rotate once on its axis. We can't detect that mot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2021
Microbiology
Our atmosphere is about 20 percent oxygen, which life on our planet needs to survive. It's thought that billions of year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. The corresponding stu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been able to detect a disc surrounding an exoplanet called PDS 70c with the Atacama Large Millimeter/su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover is its ability to perform some scientific experiments. One of i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2021
Space & Astronomy
On July 16, 1969 the Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral (Cape Kennedy) Florida. Four days later, astr
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
JUL 17, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Solar radio signals from the sun could provide a cheaper and low-power way of monitoring vast expanses of ice sheets, an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has giant erupting plumes of water that, scientists say, can not be explained by known g
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natura
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 02, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Although Venus is our planet’s closest neighbour, its fundamental properties have remained largely unknown. Now th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University have suggested that two giant blobs of rock cupping the Earth's core are l
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon