Our Sister Solar System
We strive to know what else is out there while we spin around on our tiny little rock, trying to get even the smallest glimpse of a mammoth we’ll never fully understand. A group of astronomers at the...
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In November, India launched a space probe that it hopes will reach Mars in September, 2014. If the Mangalyaan probe is successful, India will become only the fourth nation to complete the aim of...
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For my next blog, I thought I would write another best of 2013, this time focusing on the best of space of 2013. Time.com listed the 10 best space moments of 2013. Let’s take a look at seven on Time’s...
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The search for dark matter is one of the most compelling areas of research in astronomy today. Recent experiments – such as the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope and Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – have seen...
View ArticleThe University Of Alberta Needs Your Help
The University of Alberta is attempting to raise money through a crowd funding campaign to help it launch its first satellite into space. AlbertaSat is being put on by a group of students and faculty...
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View ArticleOur Sister Solar System
We strive to know what else is out there while we spin around on our tiny little rock, trying to get even the smallest glimpse of a mammoth we’ll never fully understand. A group of astronomers at the...
View ArticleMy Unhealthy Relationship With A Comet
Apparently my suspicions were well-founded. The more I looked into those early promises ISON made to me, the more I came to realize they just sounded too good to be true. The post My Unhealthy...
View ArticleSpacefaring: From Rural India To Living In Space
In November, India launched a space probe that it hopes will reach Mars in September, 2014. If the Mangalyaan probe is successful, India will become only the fourth nation to complete the aim of...
View ArticleOur Eternal Universe
The universe is a pretty big concept to try and fully comprehend. It’s a massive, ever-expanding sea of questions that we’ve only just barely begun to uncover, and one of the most imposing of these...
View Article7 Great Space Stories Of 2013
For my next blog, I thought I would write another best of 2013, this time focusing on the best of space of 2013. Time.com listed the 10 best space moments of 2013. Let’s take a look at seven on Time’s...
View ArticleNew ‘Jump From Space’ Video Released Over Super Bowl Weekend
Red Bull is milking Felix Baumgartner’s jump from 2012 for as much as it’s worth, slowly rolling out footage that could have been made available almost immediately over a year and a half later. The...
View ArticleExperiment Sets New Constraints On Dark Matter
The search for dark matter is one of the most compelling areas of research in astronomy today. Recent experiments – such as the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope and Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – have seen...
View ArticleThe University Of Alberta Needs Your Help
The University of Alberta is attempting to raise money through a crowd funding campaign to help it launch its first satellite into space. AlbertaSat is being put on by a group of students and faculty...
View ArticleKnowing Moon’s Origin A Step Closer?
How the moon came to exist is still in dispute. Recent findings by scientists in Germany are claimed by some experts to further support the most popular theory that the moon was formed from a collision...
View ArticleWould-Be Life Supporting Planet Doesn’t Actually Exist
I think everyone has at least wondered if we’re alone in the Universe. For a brief while, scientists thought they had found a planet potentially capable of sustaining life, but unfortunately for those...
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