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Spacer: or outer space is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies. Outer space is the closest known approximation to a perfect vacuum. However, even the vacuum of space is not devoid of matter... It contains a few hydrogen atoms per cubic meter.
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MAR 12, 2019Microbiology
As our understanding of microbial communities grows, scientists are also finding the gaps in our knowledge, and are look ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2019Space & Astronomy
If you watch a lot of movies, then you’ve undoubtedly stumbled upon one about a fictitious ‘end of the world ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Tidal marshes are a unique environment and only very specifically adapted species are able to survive in coastal marshla ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
The past week was a stressful one for SpaceX and NASA alike. It was just last Saturday that the commercial space company ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2019Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
Astronauts have been to the Moon before, but only for short periods. One of humankind’s long-term goals is to esta ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface just over three months ago, and as you might come to ex ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2019Space & Astronomy
Black holes are often described as objects so dense that their gravitational pull tugs on everything – even light. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2019Space & Astronomy
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
At least 79 confirmed moons are orbiting Jupiter as we speak, but four of those are of particular interest to astronomer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
It was just at the end of last year that NASA divulged its plans to resume lunar-centric science operations. Perhaps one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made history last February when it flew an electric Tesla Roadster supercar into outer space with the help of its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
Just as expected, SpaceX moved forward with a momentous end-to-end demonstration launch for NASA on Saturday, verifying ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2019Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2019Chemistry & Physics
GW170817 is the code name given to a gravitational wave (GW) signal back in August 2017. With a duration of about 100 se ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts first visited the Moon in the 1960s during the American space agency’s Apollo program, but fast-fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
Despite a series of unanticipated delays, it seems that SpaceX is finally poised to launch its first un-crewed demonstra ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2019Space & Astronomy
The Dyson Sphere is a concept envisioned by physicist Freeman Dyson (no affiliation with the vacuum company) in which hu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2019Space & Astronomy
It was only a few months ago that the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa-2 mission dropped a couple of ‘hoppin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Estimates vary but there are around 20,000 proteins that encode for protein in the human genome. So what's the rest for?Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2019Space & Astronomy
Following several months’ worth of failed attempts to reestablish a communication line with the Martian Opportunit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
SpaceX recently launched its second Falcon 9 rocket of 2019, this time carrying three separate spacecraft for very diffe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule (also known as 2014 MU69) on Ne ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2019Chemistry & Physics
As many believe, the Big Bang started our universe. But not everyone is aware that the early world is nothing like what ...Written By: Daniel Duan
MAR 12, 2019
Microbiology
As our understanding of microbial communities grows, scientists are also finding the gaps in our knowledge, and are look
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
If you watch a lot of movies, then you’ve undoubtedly stumbled upon one about a fictitious ‘end of the world
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Tidal marshes are a unique environment and only very specifically adapted species are able to survive in coastal marshla
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The past week was a stressful one for SpaceX and NASA alike. It was just last Saturday that the commercial space company
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Astronauts have been to the Moon before, but only for short periods. One of humankind’s long-term goals is to esta
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface just over three months ago, and as you might come to ex
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are often described as objects so dense that their gravitational pull tugs on everything – even light.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2019
Space & Astronomy
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
At least 79 confirmed moons are orbiting Jupiter as we speak, but four of those are of particular interest to astronomer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It was just at the end of last year that NASA divulged its plans to resume lunar-centric science operations. Perhaps one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made history last February when it flew an electric Tesla Roadster supercar into outer space with the help of its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Just as expected, SpaceX moved forward with a momentous end-to-end demonstration launch for NASA on Saturday, verifying
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2019
Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
GW170817 is the code name given to a gravitational wave (GW) signal back in August 2017. With a duration of about 100 se
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts first visited the Moon in the 1960s during the American space agency’s Apollo program, but fast-fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Despite a series of unanticipated delays, it seems that SpaceX is finally poised to launch its first un-crewed demonstra
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The Dyson Sphere is a concept envisioned by physicist Freeman Dyson (no affiliation with the vacuum company) in which hu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It was only a few months ago that the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa-2 mission dropped a couple of ‘hoppin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Estimates vary but there are around 20,000 proteins that encode for protein in the human genome. So what's the rest for?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Following several months’ worth of failed attempts to reestablish a communication line with the Martian Opportunit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX recently launched its second Falcon 9 rocket of 2019, this time carrying three separate spacecraft for very diffe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule (also known as 2014 MU69) on Ne
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
As many believe, the Big Bang started our universe. But not everyone is aware that the early world is nothing like what
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan