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A red giant is a large, luminous star of low to intermediate mass that exists in a late phase of stellar evolution. The star gets its name from its orange to red glow. Red giant stars are between 100 to 1000 times brighter than the Sun.
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JUN 02, 2019Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are one of the world’s most distinct animal species; their black and white fur patterns make them par ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Discerning the coldest place in the universe is no easy task; after all, we don’t have an ultra-long thermometer t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
It’s been less than two weeks since NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and He ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
While scanning far and wide with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers fro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
To you and I, the Earth might seem like a large place. But in astronomical terms, our planet is actually quite small. Co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
What is like in the core of large rocky planets? Using high-powered laser beams, a team of researchers from Princeton Un ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 02, 2018Technology
The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program has launched a database called the Seafood Slavery Risk Tool.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 03, 2018Videos
The Sun is an integral part of what makes life possible on Earth, but like almost anything else, it won't last forever. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 25, 2017Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the bright power plant at the center of our solar system; its heat warms the surfaces of the innermost planet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2017Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially announced this week that the snow leopard ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Giant panda lovers have a reason to feel a little melancholy this week, as the world’s oldest captive giant panda ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2017Plants & Animals
There’ve been a fair share of baby animals born in zoos lately, ranging from giant pandas to elephant calves, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is one of the most mysterious planets in our Solar System, but fortunately, we have a probe with modern observat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
This April, Jupiter is in the midst of a stage known as opposition, during which it’s as close to Earth as it ever ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
As stars reach the end of their lives, they explode. This is the process where the nuclear fusion going on inside of the ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are one of the world’s most distinct animal species; their black and white fur patterns make them par
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Discerning the coldest place in the universe is no easy task; after all, we don’t have an ultra-long thermometer t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It’s been less than two weeks since NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and He
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While scanning far and wide with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
To you and I, the Earth might seem like a large place. But in astronomical terms, our planet is actually quite small. Co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
What is like in the core of large rocky planets? Using high-powered laser beams, a team of researchers from Princeton Un
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 02, 2018
Technology
The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program has launched a database called the Seafood Slavery Risk Tool.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 03, 2018
Videos
The Sun is an integral part of what makes life possible on Earth, but like almost anything else, it won't last forever.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the bright power plant at the center of our solar system; its heat warms the surfaces of the innermost planet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially announced this week that the snow leopard (
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Giant panda lovers have a reason to feel a little melancholy this week, as the world’s oldest captive giant panda
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
There’ve been a fair share of baby animals born in zoos lately, ranging from giant pandas to elephant calves, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is one of the most mysterious planets in our Solar System, but fortunately, we have a probe with modern observat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s usually a pretty distinct difference between planetary and stellar temperatures, but one exoplanet some 65
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
This April, Jupiter is in the midst of a stage known as opposition, during which it’s as close to Earth as it ever
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As stars reach the end of their lives, they explode. This is the process where the nuclear fusion going on inside of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard