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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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JUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2017Videos
The Sun is the closest star we have access to, and for that reason, most of what we know about stars today is based off ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2017Videos
There is often much controversy over nuclear power because of the waste that the process generates. How to safely store ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Videos
When we talk about efficiency in terms of power sources, what we are really trying to determine is the ratio of the usef ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2017Videos
Did you know that a three-planet alignment, called a conjunction, is actually quite common? It happens every two years o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Taurid Meteor Shower is a well-known event that happens every year in October and November, and people generally lik ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2017Videos
Can you imagine a world without ice? Even if you live in Florida with the sole intention of escaping icy winters, ice do ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 20, 2017Videos
Ideally, most of the world wants to transition to renewable energy to reduce our dependence on energy sources that aren' ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2017Technology
The Sun produces more energy than anything else in our Solar System, and it does so through a process dubbed nuclear fus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Before something like the Solar System can be born, things in the general neighborhood start out as something known as a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Videos
Volcanoes are some of the most forceful objects on Earth that are produced by mother nature, and they can have huge impa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Videos
As summer approaches, more people will be outside enjoying the beach, a cookout or dip in the pool. It's prime time for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 11, 2017Videos
Solar power is a seemingly limitless form of renewable energy that produces zero emissions and is good for our environme ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 07, 2017Technology
Germany has built what they are calling “the world’s largest artificial Sun,” which takes 149 powerful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2017
Videos
The Sun is the closest star we have access to, and for that reason, most of what we know about stars today is based off
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2017
Videos
There is often much controversy over nuclear power because of the waste that the process generates. How to safely store
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Videos
When we talk about efficiency in terms of power sources, what we are really trying to determine is the ratio of the usef
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2017
Videos
Did you know that a three-planet alignment, called a conjunction, is actually quite common? It happens every two years o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Taurid Meteor Shower is a well-known event that happens every year in October and November, and people generally lik
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2017
Videos
Can you imagine a world without ice? Even if you live in Florida with the sole intention of escaping icy winters, ice do
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 20, 2017
Videos
Ideally, most of the world wants to transition to renewable energy to reduce our dependence on energy sources that aren'
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2017
Technology
The Sun produces more energy than anything else in our Solar System, and it does so through a process dubbed nuclear fus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Before something like the Solar System can be born, things in the general neighborhood start out as something known as a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Videos
Volcanoes are some of the most forceful objects on Earth that are produced by mother nature, and they can have huge impa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Videos
As summer approaches, more people will be outside enjoying the beach, a cookout or dip in the pool. It's prime time for
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 11, 2017
Videos
Solar power is a seemingly limitless form of renewable energy that produces zero emissions and is good for our environme
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2017
Technology
Germany has built what they are calling “the world’s largest artificial Sun,” which takes 149 powerful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard