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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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JUL 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can 400-year-old sunspot drawings help modern-day scientists with solar cycles? This is what a recent study publishe ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 23, 2024Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-like planets exist throughout the universe? This is what recent talk given at the National Astronomy Meet ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 03, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The sun rays are known to be harmful, and UV radiation in those rays can damage DNA. Scientists have also determined tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does the Sun’s interior function and produce the energy needed to allow life to exist on the Earth? This is wh ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 10, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can rocky planets form around stars smaller than our Sun, also called low-mass stars? This is what a recent study publis ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to find more efficient, eco-friendly energy sources and methods. New, proof-of-concept research ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Sun’s magnetic field is an incredibly powerful mechanism that produces equally powerful solar storms, some of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
The total solar eclipse traced across the United States on April 8, 2024, capturing the attention of millions of America ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
On April 8, 2024, the moon will block the sun completely, and weather-permitting, 99 percent of Americans will get to ex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can murky waters from melting ice impact the biodiversity in shallow waters? This is what a recent study published i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature investigates further evidence that a gaseous cloud both looks and behaves like an osc ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can planetary bodies that orbit in the far reaches of the solar system be geologically active? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 13, 2024Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Southampton have uncovered new details about how to use ultraviolet light to ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) was recently bestowed a Group Achievement Award from NASA ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Geomagnetic storms cause auroras, also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora austral ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2023Earth & The Environment
The Earth is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago. While life may have arisen about half a billion years l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Science examines exoplanet LHS 3154b that orbits its parent star in just 3.7 days but is 13. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 30, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 d ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently used its powerful Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) to peer into the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment examines how lunar samples collected and returned by ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 20, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters examines data provided by NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Spa ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can 400-year-old sunspot drawings help modern-day scientists with solar cycles? This is what a recent study publishe
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 23, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-like planets exist throughout the universe? This is what recent talk given at the National Astronomy Meet
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 03, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The sun rays are known to be harmful, and UV radiation in those rays can damage DNA. Scientists have also determined tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does the Sun’s interior function and produce the energy needed to allow life to exist on the Earth? This is wh
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 10, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can rocky planets form around stars smaller than our Sun, also called low-mass stars? This is what a recent study publis
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to find more efficient, eco-friendly energy sources and methods. New, proof-of-concept research ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Sun’s magnetic field is an incredibly powerful mechanism that produces equally powerful solar storms, some of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The total solar eclipse traced across the United States on April 8, 2024, capturing the attention of millions of America
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
On April 8, 2024, the moon will block the sun completely, and weather-permitting, 99 percent of Americans will get to ex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can murky waters from melting ice impact the biodiversity in shallow waters? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature investigates further evidence that a gaseous cloud both looks and behaves like an osc
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can planetary bodies that orbit in the far reaches of the solar system be geologically active? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 13, 2024
Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Southampton have uncovered new details about how to use ultraviolet light to
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) was recently bestowed a Group Achievement Award from NASA
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Geomagnetic storms cause auroras, also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora austral
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Earth is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago. While life may have arisen about half a billion years l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Science examines exoplanet LHS 3154b that orbits its parent star in just 3.7 days but is 13.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 30, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 d
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently used its powerful Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) to peer into the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment examines how lunar samples collected and returned by
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 20, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters examines data provided by NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Spa
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc