Giant Jupiter and the shadow of its biggest moon, Ganymede, dominate the view in this latest image from the system based on a NASA spacecraft's data. NASA's Juno mission whizzed close by the radiati… [+1926 chars]
Buckets pile up for curiosity. NASA’s spacecraft has faced several difficulties in recent days as it continues its overland journey to Mars, which began nearly ten years ago. On April 13, Curiosity t… [+2876 chars]
These four galaxies are part of a large survey of more than 100 galaxies conducted by Chandra that looked for evidence of growing black holes. A new study uncovered evidence that stellar-mass black h… [+5433 chars]
Similarities between formations on Europa and a landform in Greenland suggest Jupiters moon may be able to support life. A study published recently compared long landforms called double ridges on Eu… [+3505 chars]
Artists concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the Sun. Is human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit a thing of the past? Will space tourism profit and expand in low-Earth orbit whil… [+4919 chars]
Photo: Courtesy of BaiduPeople perform for Lunar New Year celebrations in Jewel Changi, SingaporeChina plans to conduct several landings on the south pole of the moon in its Phase-4 lunar program, …C… [+114 chars]
Measuring the mass of W bosons took 10 years and the result was not what physicists expected. You can do it quickly, you can do it cheaply, or you can do it right. We did it right. These were some o… [+8039 chars]
Michael Zanetti, a NASA planetary scientist at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, hikes the Cinder cone in Potrillo volcanic field in New Mexico in late 2021, testing the back… [+5996 chars]
British Columbians can expect to see more northern lights dancing in the skies over the next three years. Bill Murtagh, a space weather forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr… [+3398 chars]
It would surely be inaccurate to say Nanaimo Astronomy Society’s next guest speaker has rocks in his head, but they are certainly foremost on his mind, especially rocks from Mars. Chris Herd is an E… [+4200 chars]
