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Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A planetary geologist explains the benefits.
An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the Earth.
It’s a good idea to make sure your spacecraft can take the heat that comes with reentering Earth’s atmosphere before you put people in it.
The Space Launch System is a crucial part of America’s plans to return to the Moon.
Views differ between owners and non-owners of smartglasses. But both groups agree the technology can help people.
Nasa’s Moon programme has been hit by delays, while China aims to land by 2030.
New US legislation could force Nasa to include enhanced cybersecurity for all its spacecraft.
There’s intense competition between the US and China to establish bases on the Moon.
Spaceplanes seemed out of favour when the shuttle was retired in 2011; they now seem to be making a comeback.
There are signs that Betelgeuse may be evolving rapidly – meaning a supernova explosion may happen sooner rather than later.
Canadian Jeremy Hansen will be one of the next astronauts on the Artemis II mission. This announcement signals a new era in Canada’s role in space exploration.
With the help of thousands of citizen scientists, a new study measured exactly how much brighter night skies are getting every year.
Canadian space technologies and innovations play a significant role in the Artemis missions, and our involvement reflects our growing role in this new era of lunar exploration.
The Orion Star Count 2022 calls on us to go outside and count the stars of Orion.
Cultures around the world call the Pleiades constellation ‘seven sisters’, even though we can only see six stars today. But things looked quite different 100,000 years ago
When it comes to commercial space tourism, suborbital flight are the first frontier. But what are the risks? Are there health requirements? What should you know before taking such a way-out trip?
If Betelgeuse explodes, it will become as bright as the full moon in a matter of days and be visible during day time.
A detector buried under more than a mile of ice in Antarctica has detected a high-energy subatomic neutrino and traced it to its origin, a blazar – a gargantuan black hole more than a billion times more massive than the sun.
We will get an ‘extra’ day this year, February 29. Where do these quadrennial liberties with our calendar originate?
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