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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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Astronaut Chris Hadfield on “The Apollo Murders,” his thrilling novel of the Space Race
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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield discusses how his own experiences in space informed his first novel, a classic Cold War-era spy thriller
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David Saint-Jacques
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The Canadian Space Agency astronaut on the Zen-like experience of living in orbit, his groundbreaking spacewalk, and the low-tech way he knew he’d made it to space
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Roberta Bondar
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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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Canada is partnering with NASA to send humans to the moon
The federal government has announced a $2 billion investment in Canada’s space program, including a role in NASA’s Lunar Gateway project
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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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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be among the next humans to fly to the moon
Hansen will be part of the NASA crew for Artemis II, which will see the astronauts spending up to three weeks on a flyby trip to the moon in 2024
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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