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JAN 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 DanielDEC 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Humanity, through the arm of NASA and John Hopkins University scientists, engineers, and support staff, has achieved a s ...Written By: Matthew LundyDEC 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists discovered an exoplanet that has some wild characteristics. This exoplanet, called GJ 367b, was identified by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Perseverance rover has captured footage of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter while it was completing its thirteen flight ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2021Health & Medicine
Want to reduce your chances of having your immune system turn on your body and start destroying your perfect health? Loo ...Written By: Alexandria BassNOV 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 15, 2021Cancer
“Cancer” isn’t a word anyone wants to hear from their doctor. However, many dog owners may not conside ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 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 DanielNOV 03, 2021Technology
The cost of home solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have plummeted. Today nearly every household in North America will prof ...Sponsored By: Michigan Open Sustainability Technology (MOST) LeOCT 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly. ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 10, 2021Plants & Animals
It's not unusual for people in workplaces and at home to have different temperature preferences. There may be biological ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1 ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 22, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced this month that their new magnet might be the breakthrough needed to make fu ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 22, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In what could be a revolutionary discovery, a team of physicists from the XENON Collaboration may have detected dark ene ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA confirmed that the gamut of earth-based testing for the James Webb Space Telescope has been completed. Ju ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 01, 2021Chemistry & Physics
While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in the ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
It should be safe for humans to travel to Mars, provided journeys don’t take more than four years. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie Lennon
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
DEC 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Humanity, through the arm of NASA and John Hopkins University scientists, engineers, and support staff, has achieved a s
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
DEC 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists discovered an exoplanet that has some wild characteristics. This exoplanet, called GJ 367b, was identified by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Perseverance rover has captured footage of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter while it was completing its thirteen flight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
Want to reduce your chances of having your immune system turn on your body and start destroying your perfect health? Loo
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
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 15, 2021
Cancer
“Cancer” isn’t a word anyone wants to hear from their doctor. However, many dog owners may not conside
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
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
NOV 03, 2021
Technology
The cost of home solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have plummeted. Today nearly every household in North America will prof
...
Sponsored By:
Michigan Open Sustainability Technology (MOST) Le
OCT 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly.
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
It's not unusual for people in workplaces and at home to have different temperature preferences. There may be biological
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced this month that their new magnet might be the breakthrough needed to make fu
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In what could be a revolutionary discovery, a team of physicists from the XENON Collaboration may have detected dark ene
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA confirmed that the gamut of earth-based testing for the James Webb Space Telescope has been completed. Ju
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 01, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
While our solar system is relatively calm and inert, some sun-like stars out there will literally eat the planets in the
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It should be safe for humans to travel to Mars, provided journeys don’t take more than four years. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon