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New space mission to Venus could reveal signs of alien life
An ambitious, multi-stage mission seeks to find life in the acidic clouds of Venus
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Ininiw Acakosuk: the Cree stars
Tracking 16 Ininiw constellations and their narratives across the night sky
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Jenni Gibbons on her role in Canada’s return to the moon
The Canadian astronaut discusses her journey as an astronaut and next steps in space exploration
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Euclid spacecraft launches into deep space
With help from Canadian scientists, this dark universe hunter aims to study why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate
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Jeremy Hansen will be the first Canadian to orbit the moon
The Canadian Space Agency astronaut will be part of a team of four astronauts who will be embarking on the Artemis II mission.
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First Canadian joins the next frontier in space exploration
Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic adds former Royal Canadian Air Force member Jameel Janjua to its pilot roster
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Man on the moon: celebrating Buzz Aldrin
Legendary Canadian underwater explorer Dr. Joe MacInnis reflects on his friendship with astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing
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The first Canadian woman and first neurologist to go to space reflects on her exciting career and why she’s focused on planet Earth.
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques launches a new educational initiative — from space
The Exploring Earth project also involves Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar and aims to inspire students to learn about Earth’s landforms and natural processes from space
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Preparing for launch
A conversation with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who is getting ready to travel to the International Space Station
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Eye in the sky: How the newly-launched James Webb Space Telescope will help us see the universe
To see galaxies far, far away, the most advanced telescope ever built will use Canadian instruments
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Watch: The Canadian island named after a satellite
A video by NASA’s Earth Observatory blog reveals the little-known history of tiny Landsat Island — and the Canadian woman who helped discover it
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Canadian Space Agency launches long-awaited satellite mission
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission will capture detailed images of Canada’s landmass, helping researchers track everything from drought to the impacts of climate change in the Arctic
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Now you can virtually explore “Mars on Earth” in Google Street View
A new Google project zeroes in on Canada’s Devon Island, the most Mars-like environment on Earth
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Wildlife Wednesday: blue shark sightings boom in the Bay of Fundy
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Canadian businessperson Mark Pathy blasts into space on private mission
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield on “The Apollo Murders,” his thrilling novel of the Space Race
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14 Photos of Comet NEOWISE from the Can Geo photo community
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Canada is partnering with NASA to send humans to the moon
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Sneak preview: Defying Limits, by astronaut Dave Williams
A new memoir that unpacks the life of one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts, who’s also an aquanaut, doctor, CEO and cancer survivor
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Canadian meteorite sheds light on a Martian mystery
A new study suggests Mars’ moons are actually chunks of the red planet itself, and not captured asteroids as previously believed
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From the prairies to the North Pole to NASA: Remembering Dean Hadley
Dean Hadley was the youngest member of the crew that first navigated the Northwest Passage west to east in 1940. He passed away last Friday at the age of 98.
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Canadian Space Agency to launch new RADARSAT mission in November
The newest generation of the successful RADARSAT program will see three small satellites orbit Earth in tandem to provide detailed environmental data to Canadian researchers and government departments
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Super-salty lakes under Arctic ice cap could help in the search for extraterrestrial life
Conditions in isolated saline lakes beneath the Devon Ice Cap could be similar to those on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, thought to be capable of supporting life
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Meet Canada’s newest astronauts
Jenni Sidey and Joshua Kutryk, both from Alberta, were announced as Canada's 13th and 14th astronauts on Canada Day
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Satellites produce new ultra-precise topographic map of Earth
German satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X spent five years orbiting Earth in close formation to create 3D global map of unprecedented accuracy
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Meet the aurora chaser who named an atmospheric phenomenon “Steve”
It started as an in-joke among aurora enthusiasts, but the discovery of "Steve" is making waves in the atmospheric science community
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Watch NASA’s Curiosity Rover sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to itself on Mars
August 5, 2016 marks four years since Curiosity landed on the red planet
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The hidden force field that rules our world
In this exclusive excerpt from her new book 'The Spinning Magnet,' Alanna Mitchell explains why we should know and care about Earth's electromagnetic field
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How and where to see today’s solar eclipse
Here's how Canadians can watch the so-called "Great American Eclipse"
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