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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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OCT 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
In August 2024, the Tangier 1 instrument by the Carbon Mapper Coalition was launched into space. It is a satellite that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 24, 2024Space & Astronomy
Black holes are some of the most mysterious and awe-inspiring celestial objects in science, and while pairs of black hol ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 24, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can rocky exoplanets orbiting stars smaller than our Sun support life as we know it? This is what a recent study publish ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
How will future missions to the Moon help extract valuable resources that can be used for scientific research or lunar s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the universe? Are there other technological civilizations out there and how can we find them? This is wh ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 16, 2024Microbiology
Humans began to farm about 11,000 years ago, when temperatures around the planet warmed, and people could settle down an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
Will we find the building blocks of life, and potentially signs of life, on Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 15, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been able to find a home in some truly incredible places, even inside of ancient rocks....Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can Uranus teach us about exoplanets? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Americ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
Was the planet Mars ever habitable and what conditions led to it becoming the uninhabitable world we see today? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified the likely geological and environmental conditions that fostered the development of life as w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
How close are Earth-sized exoplanets to Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hop ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 30, 2024Earth & The Environment
As of last night, Earth has a mini-moon! According to NASA, a moon is simply a natural object that orbits a planet. Eart ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2024Space & Astronomy
When it comes to searching for life beyond Earth, specifically on exoplanets or exomoons, are researchers searching for ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 27, 2024Space & Astronomy
Billions of years ago, Mars is hypothesized to have been a much warmer and wetter planet featuring active volcanoes and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
How do the characteristics of Neptune-like exoplanets, also known as exo-Neptunes, differ from each other? This is what ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In August 2024, the Tangier 1 instrument by the Carbon Mapper Coalition was launched into space. It is a satellite that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 24, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are some of the most mysterious and awe-inspiring celestial objects in science, and while pairs of black hol
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 24, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can rocky exoplanets orbiting stars smaller than our Sun support life as we know it? This is what a recent study publish
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How will future missions to the Moon help extract valuable resources that can be used for scientific research or lunar s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the universe? Are there other technological civilizations out there and how can we find them? This is wh
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2024
Microbiology
Humans began to farm about 11,000 years ago, when temperatures around the planet warmed, and people could settle down an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Will we find the building blocks of life, and potentially signs of life, on Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 15, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been able to find a home in some truly incredible places, even inside of ancient rocks....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can Uranus teach us about exoplanets? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Americ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Was the planet Mars ever habitable and what conditions led to it becoming the uninhabitable world we see today? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified the likely geological and environmental conditions that fostered the development of life as w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How close are Earth-sized exoplanets to Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hop
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
As of last night, Earth has a mini-moon! According to NASA, a moon is simply a natural object that orbits a planet. Eart
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2024
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to searching for life beyond Earth, specifically on exoplanets or exomoons, are researchers searching for
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 27, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Billions of years ago, Mars is hypothesized to have been a much warmer and wetter planet featuring active volcanoes and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do the characteristics of Neptune-like exoplanets, also known as exo-Neptunes, differ from each other? This is what
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc