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Remembering Canadian astronaut Ken Money
The trailblazing scientist who advanced our understanding of the impacts of spaceflight on the human body died on March 6, 2023 at the age of 88
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Wildlife Wednesday: blue shark sightings boom in the Bay of Fundy
Plus: a sticky new way to track polar bears, curious squirrel behaviour, Canada’s answer to the Galapagos and the algal experiment blasting off into space.
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals stunning first images of deep-space
A cosmic deep dive, these photographs are the deepest and sharpest full-colour images of the universe yet
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Canadian businessperson Mark Pathy blasts into space on private mission
March 30 is the launch date! The Montreal-born investor and philanthropist will complete a 10-day mission that combines bucket-list trip with research and environmental agenda
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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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Canadian Space Agency launches long-awaited satellite mission
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Canada is partnering with NASA to send humans to the moon
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques launches a new educational initiative — from space
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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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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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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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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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14 Photos of Comet NEOWISE from the Can Geo photo community
The comet passed close to Earth in mid-July, giving stargazers and photographers amazing photo opportunities
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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