NASA and SpaceX are making final preparations for the launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A. The Crew-4 astronauts were orig… [+2062 chars]
If you live in Ontario, keep your eyes peeled for “suspicious rocks.” On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in the Canadian province recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hund… [+2081 chars]
Europe's Large Hadron Collider has started up its proton beams again at unprecedented energy levels after going through a three-year shutdown for maintenance and upgrades. It only took a couple of d… [+2978 chars]
NASAs first private mission to the International Space Station has ended successfully after the four-person crew splashed down in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida. The four Ax-1… [+2195 chars]
A venomous bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth, and now scientists know how: with a single, simple protein that transforms copper deposits located at the bottom of the seafloor into f… [+2812 chars]
A new study has found that double ridges, the most common surface feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, are similar to parallel ice ridges in Greenland, suggesting the Jovian moon's icy shell could b… [+2158 chars]
Future astronauts could survive on the surface of Mars thanks to solar-powered generators, after scientists find they are more energy efficient than nuclear power. The goal of humans stepping foot o… [+8145 chars]
Compared to most places you might wander in the Solar System, Titan the giant moon of Saturn is in many ways strangely familiar to Earth. In fact, Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with a d… [+3818 chars]
A venomous bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth, and now scientists know how: with a single, simple protein that transforms copper deposits located at the bottom of the seafloor into f… [+2812 chars]
Toronto - One of the oldest fossils of a marine animal was recently uncovered right here in Canada. In a paper published in the Journal of Paleontology on March 24, paleontologists announced the d… [+2519 chars]
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will swing by Earth to deliver a sample from asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24, 2023. But it won't clock out after that. NASA has extended the University of Arizona-led mission… [+4891 chars]
Scientists have discovered a new way male spiders avoid being eaten after sex: catapulting away. After mating, some species of female spiders kill and eat their partners. The catapulting spiders ar… [+1557 chars]