Science

The only known repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have only become more interesting by giving astronomers more clues about their home.

One of the biggest astronomy discoveries of 2017 was the first detection of an interstellar object visiting our Solar System by Canadian Dr. Robert Weryk.

David Saint-Jacques, Canada’s next astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), will perform a variety of science experiments during his six month stay including two new health experiments announced today.

In this weeks SpaceQ podcast I spoke with Dr. Michael Daly, Associate Professor at York University about the international, though NASA led, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission, or as it’s commonly called, OSIRIS-REx.

The Canadian Space Agency issued a request for proposals (RFP) this morning looking for concepts for secondary science payloads for future missions*.

Canadians will be among the first to conduct observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, expected to launch in 2019.

While some celebrated Halloween last night, other people were celebrating the first Dark Matter Day. Yes, Dark Matter has its own day, though it’s unofficial, but is global.

Four companies have been awarded contracts by the Department of National Defence (DND) for the All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) Science & Technology (S&T) program. One of those companies, C-CORE, will use Synthetic Aperture Radar from a High Elevation Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS).

Funny, emotional, and intimate stories through Story Collider were a new addition to this year’s Science Literacy Week events.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) today signed a memorandum of understanding that could see the Dream Chaser being used by Canadian researchers and businesses.