Science

The Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Canada’s high Arctic is home to the only known impact crater in a polar desert. This makes it an ideal analog for a Mars on Earth research station.

The first annual report from Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer, was published today and includes highlights such as developing a Model Policy on Scientific Integrity but notes there is still much more work to be done.

Health in Space: Daring to Explore is a new permanent exhibit opened last week at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum by astronaut David Saint-Jacques.

In the early evening of January 25 at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, a panel of experts provided an introduction, update and context of Canada’s participation in the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

McGill University researchers announced yesterday that a Canadian-led team of scientists has found a second repeating fast radio burst (FRB). 

It doesn’t matter what the name of any particular program is that will eventually see humans once again explore beyond low earth orbit, the stage is being set now as to who will be the leaders, and Canada is trying to define its role.

In the first of our three part Podcast Winter Series were featuring the sounds of Mars. 

Canada is participating in the NASA led OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu. In early December the spacecraft went into orbit around the asteroid. Why are we participating in this mission?

The first results are in from the OSIRIS-REx mission and they couldn’t please researchers more. Asteroid Bennu is everything they had hoped it would be based on the data obtained so far. It also has provided a few surprises.

Astronaut David Saint-Jacques spent the first couple of days getting used to his new temporary home but is now hard at work.