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Rosetta and Philae

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Natalie

In March of 2004, two friends went ont he adventure of a lifetime. These two friends were the Rosetta space … More Continue reading →

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Climate Change and Earth’s Coral

Posted on April 3, 2017 by kendylldellinger

Global warming is incredibly real, and an incredibly big problem. According to NASA, 9 of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred in the last 17 years, as well as the amount of arctic ice shrinking to the lowest it has ever been recorded in 2012. Our habits as a population are ever increasingly changing […] Continue reading →

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Birth of the Solar System

Posted on April 3, 2017 by vmorehead0

For about 4 billion years, Earth has rather peacefully orbited the Sun along with its seven  fellow planets.  While this may feel how it has always been, this was not the case.  The creation of our planet and Solar System involved intense, powerful forces at work.  The video clip from Stephen Hawking’s Into the Universe series, “Formation of … Continue reading Birth of the Solar System Continue reading →

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Hydrogen, Helium, and Everything Else

Posted on April 3, 2017 by kic27

Learn all of the elements! Continue reading →

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Climate Change & Global Warming

Posted on April 3, 2017 by mariabulanova

I believe that everyone knows that our planet’s climate is changing, and everyone has heard about terms such as “climate change” and “global warming”. Although it a very well known topic, I am not sure that most people are aware of why and what is happening, and how it affects our society. In this blog […] Continue reading →

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The Epic Exploration of Voyager 2

Posted on April 3, 2017 by xiangyunastr2110

Voyager 2 space probe was launched by NASA to study the outer solar. It was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on August 20, 1977. The primary mission of Voyager 2 is to make flybys of the four Jovian planets in our solar system. Having visited the Jovian system in 1979, the Saturnian system in […] Continue reading →

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Blog 4: Experience Curiosity

Posted on April 3, 2017 by lillyastro2110

NASA’s Experience Curiosity web application allows viewers to go inside the Curiosity Rover’s mission. Viewers can explore Mars by leading the rover around or learn more about the rover and the mission on guided tours. Experience Curiosity gives highlights of Curiosity’s exploration of the Pahrump Hills region on Mars. You can examine the Pink Cliffs … Continue reading Blog 4: Experience Curiosity Continue reading →

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Ballooning on Venus

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Nick Belsten

After their launch in 1984, the identical spacecraft Vega 1 and Vega 2 launched from a Russian Proton Rocket for their double mission of flying through the tail of Halley’s Comet and landing scientific payloads on the surface of Venus. In addition to a regular parachuted lander, the Vega spacecraft each carried a 22-kilogram balloon … Continue reading Ballooning on Venus → Continue reading →

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Nuclear Fusion Powering Earth

Posted on April 2, 2017 by astr2110tmcm

The core of the Sun is at such extreme temperature and pressure that in that core hydrogen atoms are constantly fusing into helium and giving off massive amounts of energy. The Sun fuses about 4.25 million metric tonnes of hydrogen every second, which provides a power generation of 3.8 x 10^26 watts. By contrast, the […] Continue reading →

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Climate Change

Posted on April 2, 2017 by brandonandthesolarsystem

Climate change is a known natural phenomena – for example, the Earth has gone through periods of extreme cold (the Ice Ages) and has always bounced back to the temperatures we know and love today. What isn’t a natural phenomenon is the rapid acceleration of climate change that has been taking place in recent history. […] Continue reading →

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