SpaceX's Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone
Nov 18, 2020 03:28 am UTC| Science
I walk outside my rural Saskatchewan house before dawn and look up, expecting to have my breath taken away by the sheer number of stars overhead. Im a professional astronomer, but I still appreciate naked-eye stargazing as...
Asteroid alert: Fireball spotted over mid-northeast US
Nov 17, 2020 06:09 am UTC| Science
The chances of an asteroid actually colliding with Earth are very small but there are some space rocks that tend to slip past the radars of many space agencies. Recently, one fireball was spotted over the skies of the...
Climate change discovery: Subterranean river found under Greenland ice sheet
Nov 17, 2020 05:59 am UTC| Science Nature
Although climate change is nothing new, it is becoming more and more of a problem today due to the effect it is having on our planets frozen regions. Now, a study discovered a very long subterranean river under Greenlands...
Mars discovery: Scientists explain how the Red Planet has lost water
Nov 16, 2020 07:11 am UTC| Science
Mars is known to be a dry desert, but it was once the opposite millions of years ago. As to how the red planet came to be, scientists were able to explain the process that turned Mars into the dry desert that we know it to...
NASA news: Audit reveals 2024 Moon mission "unlikely" to happen
Nov 16, 2020 05:44 am UTC| Science
NASA is in the midst of preparations for the upcoming Moon mission in 2024, and the agency has since made progress. However, an audit report by NASAs office of inspector general reveals that there is a chance the Moon...
Aliens: Scientist says search for life should begin on Venus immediately
Nov 16, 2020 05:31 am UTC| Science
Ever since the possible discovery of life on Venus, scientists were reassured of the possibility of finding life on other planets, especially in the seemingly-inhabitable planet. An astronomer has now called for immediate...
NASA discovery: Life may be found under the surface of Europa
Nov 11, 2020 10:49 am UTC| Science
One of the goals that space agencies all over the world have in terms of space exploration is being able to find life beyond our planet. A study by NASA scientists finds that one particular attribute of one of Jupiters...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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