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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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APR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Nasa is bringing together scientists from a range of different fields to try and search for life on other planets.The Ne ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Saturday and Sunday, you can finish the day by stepping outside and enjoying a view of the rendezvous of two of the b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Results published in Protein & Cell, an open access journal, confirm rumors that Chinese scientists have edited genomes ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
"The Butterfly Nebula shows what happens to a star at the end of its life, when it loses all of its gas and ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
As the European Rosetta spacecraft continues to explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it gradually gets closer to t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
It turns out that astrological signs are almost all wrong, because the Earth's wobble has thrown the zodiac out of whack ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Arctic sea ice shrank to the lowest winter extent ever recorded, according to data released today by the US-based Nation ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse - what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
This week, the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only a small part of the wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 16, 2015Earth & The Environment
Have you ever seen one of those those links you can click on along the bottom of an online article that says something l ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Hydrothermal activity detected by spacecraft finds that ocean deep below frozen surface of Enceladus is warm and c ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 12, 2015Technology
This Tuesday, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 touched down Ahmedabad, India, completing the second leg of its plan ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Nasa is bringing together scientists from a range of different fields to try and search for life on other planets.The Ne
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On Saturday and Sunday, you can finish the day by stepping outside and enjoying a view of the rendezvous of two of the b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Results published in Protein & Cell, an open access journal, confirm rumors that Chinese scientists have edited genomes
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
"The Butterfly Nebula shows what happens to a star at the end of its life, when it loses all of its gas and ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 05, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As the European Rosetta spacecraft continues to explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it gradually gets closer to t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 03, 2015
Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It turns out that astrological signs are almost all wrong, because the Earth's wobble has thrown the zodiac out of whack
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 21, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Arctic sea ice shrank to the lowest winter extent ever recorded, according to data released today by the US-based Nation
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse - what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
This week, the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only a small part of the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 16, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever seen one of those those links you can click on along the bottom of an online article that says something l
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Hydrothermal activity detected by spacecraft finds that ocean deep below frozen surface of Enceladus is warm and c ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 12, 2015
Technology
This Tuesday, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 touched down Ahmedabad, India, completing the second leg of its plan
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop