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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 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
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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
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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 BouchardJAN 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
Attempts were made recently to attempt to communicate with the The European Space Agency’s comet lander Philae, al ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2016Plants & Animals
All multi-cellular life may be the result of a genetic accident that happened more than 600-million years ago, according ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2016Videos
Between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system, there is a massive ring of asteroids that orbit the Sun. These make up wha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Until recently astronomers thought only a small percentage of stars have strong magnetic fields, but a new way to probe ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 04, 2016Plants & Animals
The idea that trees are capable of cooling the air around us isn’t new, but there isn’t really enough resear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2015Videos
It's a strange thing to think about, because it's been a part of our lives for as long as we can remember, but can you i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s plans to send a space vehicle to Mars for additional exploration of the red planet’s geology will lik ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
JAN 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Attempts were made recently to attempt to communicate with the The European Space Agency’s comet lander Philae, al
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
All multi-cellular life may be the result of a genetic accident that happened more than 600-million years ago, according
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2016
Videos
Between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system, there is a massive ring of asteroids that orbit the Sun. These make up wha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Until recently astronomers thought only a small percentage of stars have strong magnetic fields, but a new way to probe
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
The idea that trees are capable of cooling the air around us isn’t new, but there isn’t really enough resear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2015
Videos
It's a strange thing to think about, because it's been a part of our lives for as long as we can remember, but can you i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s plans to send a space vehicle to Mars for additional exploration of the red planet’s geology will lik
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard