On January 22, Nature Astronomy reported findings of dust storms vast enough to cover the planet for months at a time. Using many years worth of imaging data taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, researchers are investigating the peculiar storms. Previously, in 2006 and 2007, researchers found traces of water vapor at up to 80…
Author: Justin Jung Lee
Justin is a Junior in Fairfax Senior High School.
College Applications and Stress: Mental Preparations
As each year goes by, there is another set of eleventh graders transitioning into their last year of high school. We all know what that means: college applications! The rigorous fight that each individual student has put up throughout their journey of high school is finally coming to an end with the last boss; college…
The Discovery of 7 New Exoplanets
NASA has discovered the first system consisting of seven Earth-sized planets around a single star. The system has been named TRAPPIST-1. The Spitzer Space Telescope located three of the planets around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water and the potential to sustain life. If the planets do…
Oil Pipeline Protest by Native Americans
The 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline runs through North and South Dakota. In July of 2016, the $3.8 billion pipeline was approved for reconstruction by the United States Army Corps of Engineer. The plan was to cross under the Missouri River, a body of water that is an essential source to about 8,000 Native American inhabitants…
Galaxy Note 7: Phone or Bomb?
The all new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been released, but the phone is already seeing technical difficulties. There have been cases of the phone exploding in consumers’ pockets, leaving them injured and without their mobile devices. There have been 92 complaints about batteries overheating, phones exploding, and phones melting; 26 of the reports are…