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Imagine you live in a house with walls that are just 2.54 mm thick. On the other side of your walls is certain death. Now imagine that there’s a crack in the outer wall of your living room, with oxygen being sucked out. And you can’t fix it. Sounds pretty …
Read More »NASA tells International Space Station astronauts to resume planned operations after shelter order
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. NASA instructed crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to return to planned operations after …
Read More »Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen talks about ‘incredible’ views of Earth in live video call from deep space
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen connected with Earth from deep space early Saturday in a historic first …
Read More »Healing centre near Kamloops aims to be safe space for residential school survivors
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WARNING: This story details experiences at residential schools. A healing house on the shore of the …
Read More »Canadian Space Agency cancels lunar rover mission
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious …
Read More »Head of military’s space division warns Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons in orbit
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The head of Canada’s military space division says the country “should absolutely be” concerned about Russia’s …
Read More »Cool space stuff you don’t want to miss in 2026, including a Canadian who’s heading to the moon
Happy new year! As we roll into 2026, we can look back on all the great things that happened in space in the last 12 months, from getting our third-known interstellar visitor — 3I/ATLAS — to seeing beautiful displays of the northern lights, to the opening of the Vera C. …
Read More »One small step for periods in space, one giant leap for research in long-term space missions
Before NASA astronaut Sally Ride’s historic launch aboard the space shuttle in 1983 as the first American woman in space, she was asked a question: Would 100 tampons be the right number for her week-long mission? “No,” she said. “That would not be the right number.” Even in this day …
Read More »This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Space is a harsh environment: it’s a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type …
Read More »Colliding black holes ‘ringing’ across space and time prove Hawking, Einstein theories right
Once again, it turns out that renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking was right. Oh, and Albert Einstein, too. Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected a gravitational wave, a ripple in space-time that is caused by extremely energetic processes, such as the merger of …
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