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Stars and planets are most often categorized by their mass. In astronomy, the “initial mass function” is used for this categorization.…

Did you know that a black hole is a kind of star? What would it really be like if our sun, also a star, was a black hole?

Detecting life on a planet beyond Earth would be one of the coolest things ever! In our paper, we talk about detecting signs of life on…

Plants have five basic needs – food, water, air, light, and space. Outdoors, plants get everything they need from nature and some…

Have you ever tried to hang your coat over the corner of table? Unless it snags, it seems to always fall off. This question inspired two…

A group of agricultural researchers at West Virginia University wanted to find out if it was possible to grow lettuce year round using high…

Tabby’s Star, located 1,276 light years from Earth and named for its discoverer Tabetha S. Boyajian, created quite a buzz among…

How does a cell stay alive? How do molecules in a cell “know” how to react with one another? Does this chemistry become more…

When the NASA Space Shuttle was flying, it carried a variety of scientific equipment for running experiments. One of these devices was an…

All life on Earth survives because of the sun. Plants use a process called photosynthesis to transfer energy from the Sun’s rays into the…