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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, 2016Plants & Animals
Here’s something you don’t see every day: an albino gray whale. One known to the region around Mexico as &ld ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s not very often that astronomers get the chance to observe a star exploding in space. In fact, it’s even ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2016Videos
Have you ever wondered why scar tissue seems to have so many issues in the Sun with sunburns and doesn't seem to be able ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos collaborated to launch the ExoMars mission from the Baikonur Co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2016Videos
A lot of what goes on in our bodies are within our control: we chose what to eat, how long to stay up, what environment ...MAR 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
Some parts of the world are in for a rare treat this week. On March 8th, or March 9th local time, locations surro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2016Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Videos
Humans have a unique fascination with Mars. We've conceived of alien Martians and even thought of being our own human Ma ...MAR 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which was originally launched to perform the duties it does today in 1990, is still ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
Asteroids, which are typically found between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt of our solar system, can sometimes be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2016Videos
All year long during 2015, NASA was cooking up something awesome. With its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), NASA record ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Meteorites that strike the Earth are composed of all kinds of elements, including metals. Among one of the more common m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Philae comet lander, which landed on comet 67P in 2014, has not been heard from since ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2016Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Gravity waves are something that scientists have not been able to prove since Einstein’s theory of general relativ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 25, 2016Videos
To answer the question right off the bat - yes, it's certainly possible, but there hasn't been any photographic evidence ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2016Plants & Animals
The tegu is an incredible lizard species – the South America-based creature is colored black and white and can gro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2016Microbiology
A new species of photosynthetic bacteria was found in the Gobi Desert, and it may prove quite useful for making biofuel. ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
Does a ninth planet exist in our solar system after Pluto, the dward planet we just recently successfully flew past and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
A supernova is a rare event where a star nearing the end of its life explodes into a massive burst of bright light. Some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
When the American Astronomical Society met recently in Florida, there was a great deal of attention surrounding a partic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Here’s something you don’t see every day: an albino gray whale. One known to the region around Mexico as &ld
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s not very often that astronomers get the chance to observe a star exploding in space. In fact, it’s even
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2016
Videos
Have you ever wondered why scar tissue seems to have so many issues in the Sun with sunburns and doesn't seem to be able
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos collaborated to launch the ExoMars mission from the Baikonur Co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2016
Videos
A lot of what goes on in our bodies are within our control: we chose what to eat, how long to stay up, what environment
...
MAR 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Some parts of the world are in for a rare treat this week. On March 8th, or March 9th local time, locations surro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Videos
Humans have a unique fascination with Mars. We've conceived of alien Martians and even thought of being our own human Ma
...
MAR 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which was originally launched to perform the duties it does today in 1990, is still
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids, which are typically found between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt of our solar system, can sometimes be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2016
Videos
All year long during 2015, NASA was cooking up something awesome. With its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), NASA record
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Meteorites that strike the Earth are composed of all kinds of elements, including metals. Among one of the more common m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Philae comet lander, which landed on comet 67P in 2014, has not been heard from since
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Gravity waves are something that scientists have not been able to prove since Einstein’s theory of general relativ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 25, 2016
Videos
To answer the question right off the bat - yes, it's certainly possible, but there hasn't been any photographic evidence
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
The tegu is an incredible lizard species – the South America-based creature is colored black and white and can gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2016
Microbiology
A new species of photosynthetic bacteria was found in the Gobi Desert, and it may prove quite useful for making biofuel.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Does a ninth planet exist in our solar system after Pluto, the dward planet we just recently successfully flew past and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A supernova is a rare event where a star nearing the end of its life explodes into a massive burst of bright light. Some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When the American Astronomical Society met recently in Florida, there was a great deal of attention surrounding a partic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard