Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.… [+3974 chars]
In a new study, scientists suggest that the reason Venus is not tidally locked to the Sun like the way the Moon is locked to the Earth, is the soupy, fast-moving, hot atmosphere on Venus. The scienti… [+2039 chars]
NASA's Perseverance Rover first landed on the surface of Mars just over a year ago, on February 18th, 2021. Perseverance landed in the Jezero Crater on Mars and, in its first science campaign, has c… [+2067 chars]
A total lunar eclipse is heading Canadas way in mid-May. Slated for the night of May 15th, the eclipse should be visible from coast to coast, though, as usual, local weather conditions and time zone… [+4606 chars]
Scientists are calling for environmental protections of space to be put in place to account for the increasing number of satellite launches. As more satellites are launched, the problem of space debr… [+2339 chars]
Tomorrow, Sunday, April 24, marks the 32nd birthday of the Hubble Space Telescope. Since its launch in 1990, the telescope has helped uncover secrets of the universe as well as produced some absolute… [+2163 chars]
The next crew of astronauts heading to the space station An update on our Artemis I mega Moon rocket and spacecraft And celebrating our home planet a few of the stories to tell you about This Week… [+5241 chars]
Extremely fast cosmic explosions puzzling scientists may be outbursts arising from dying stars, new research suggests. Dubbed fast blue optical transients (FBOTs), because of their "blue" heat and v… [+3546 chars]
A legendary Yukoner received a posthumous honour that's out of this world. Skookum Jim, also known as Jim Mason, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek in 1897, leading to the Klondike gold rush. When… [+3384 chars]
San Diego (California) [US], April 23 (ANI): An international team led by researchers from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California used computer modelling simulations to… [+2942 chars]
NASA says that Hubble Space Telescope has found a giant comet with the largest nucleus ever seen by astronomers. NASA says that the giant comet named Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 UN271) is around … [+1986 chars]
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare, which can be seen in the lower right. NASA/SDO The sun unleashed a powerful side flare this week. The eruption came from a s… [+2469 chars]
