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Sun: is a star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process. It is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth.
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MAR 21, 2022Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun – The Majestic Planet, with its massive size, swirling multi-colored clouds ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 20, 2022Space & Astronomy
If you were born before 2006, the Solar System had nine planets. Today’s children now learn that there are eight. ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.MAR 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 05, 2022Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published the first global view of the atmosphere of an ex ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.MAR 04, 2022Technology
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Tuesday, March 8, 2022, marks International Women’s Day, a holiday to celebrate the contributions of women across ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 23, 2022Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers at Georgia State University recently published results in The Astronomical Journal that find that ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 18, 2022Chemistry & Physics
JET, the largest tokamak in the world, has set a record for fusion energy. Researchers from the EUROfusion consor ...Written By: Hannah DanielFEB 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
Mars, the fourth planet from our Sun. The Red Planet. From time immemorial, we have gazed at it in wonder and dreamed ab ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2022Space & Astronomy
The spaceflight company SpaceX would like to provide low-cost internet to remote locations, uniting the entire world thr ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JAN 26, 2022Space & Astronomy
The discovery of new exoplanets (aka planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system) are becoming a common regular ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Animal research models are only as effective as their ability to simulate human disease. Depending on the conditio ...Sponsored By: ingenious targeting laboratory TingJAN 20, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a Perspective piece published this week in WIREs Climate Change, an international team of experts have decried solar ...Written By: Matthew LundyJAN 18, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Besides being a mood booster, spending time in the sun is known to have a number of health benefits. For example, ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
January 10, 1610 is a historic day in science, as it was the day that Galileo Galilei noted one of Jupiter’s moons ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
As it hurdles through space, NASA’s Webb telescope has successfully completed another step in its multi-month boot ...Written By: Matthew LundyJAN 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 05, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Seventy rogue planets have recently been identified wandering the Milky Way. Free-floating planets, also known as r ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 28, 2021Space & Astronomy
After a long series of delays and pushbacks, the James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched into space this past C ...Written By: Matthew LundyDEC 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 Daniel
MAR 21, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun – The Majestic Planet, with its massive size, swirling multi-colored clouds
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
If you were born before 2006, the Solar System had nine planets. Today’s children now learn that there are eight.
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAR 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 05, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published the first global view of the atmosphere of an ex
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAR 04, 2022
Technology
Researchers are successfully using solar panels for underwater communication. Led by Dr. Jing Xu at the Zhejiang Univers
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
MAR 01, 2022
Cancer
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, marks International Women’s Day, a holiday to celebrate the contributions of women across
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 23, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers at Georgia State University recently published results in The Astronomical Journal that find that
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 18, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
JET, the largest tokamak in the world, has set a record for fusion energy. Researchers from the EUROfusion consor
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
FEB 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Mars, the fourth planet from our Sun. The Red Planet. From time immemorial, we have gazed at it in wonder and dreamed ab
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The spaceflight company SpaceX would like to provide low-cost internet to remote locations, uniting the entire world thr
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JAN 26, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The discovery of new exoplanets (aka planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system) are becoming a common regular
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Animal research models are only as effective as their ability to simulate human disease. Depending on the conditio
...
Sponsored By:
ingenious targeting laboratory Ting
JAN 20, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a Perspective piece published this week in WIREs Climate Change, an international team of experts have decried solar
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JAN 18, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Besides being a mood booster, spending time in the sun is known to have a number of health benefits. For example,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
January 10, 1610 is a historic day in science, as it was the day that Galileo Galilei noted one of Jupiter’s moons
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
As it hurdles through space, NASA’s Webb telescope has successfully completed another step in its multi-month boot
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JAN 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 05, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Seventy rogue planets have recently been identified wandering the Milky Way. Free-floating planets, also known as r
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 28, 2021
Space & Astronomy
After a long series of delays and pushbacks, the James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched into space this past C
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
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