In an ongoing Canadian Science in Space video series, the Canadian Space Agency’s Tim Haltigin explains what are asteroids and why do we study them?
Read More »David Saint-Jacques to Wear Smart Shirt to Monitor His Health
When astronaut David Saint-Jacques launches to the International Space Station on December 3rd he’ll be wearing a new smart shirt to monitor his health.
Read More »Perimeter Institute – Jocelyn Bell Burnell: The Discovery of Pulsars
Jocelyn Bell Burnell is the winner of the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and recently spoke at a special talk at the Perimeter Institute about her 1967 discovery of pulsars and her career.
Read More »Astronaut David Saint-Jacques Mission Rescheduled to December 3
It’s official. Astronaut David Saint-Jacques launch to the International Space Station (ISS) is set for December 3, two and half weeks earlier than planned and after Russian officials gave the green light to resume flights.
Read More »Perimeter Institute – Artificial Intelligence and the Complexity Frontier
In this lecture at the Perimeter Institute, Roger Melko, Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo, “explored how computers have helped humanity solve increasingly complex puzzles, and ask which challenges, if any, only human intuition is equipped to tackle in the age of artificial intelligence.”
Read More »GHGSat Looks to Build on Success of Their First Global Emissions Monitoring Satellite
GHGSat is on a roll having raised more funds and looks to pad its lead in the commercial monitoring of global emissions from small satellites.
Read More »10 Minutes About STRATOS – The Stratospheric Balloon Program – World Space Week Talk
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is celebrating World Space Week by holding a series of lectures including this one on the STRATOS: Stratospheric Balloon Program.
Read More »10 Minutes About the OSIRIS-REx Mission – World Space Week Talk
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is celebrating World Space Week by holding a series of lectures including this one on the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu.
Read More »The Water on Mars Podcast With Western’s Gordon Osinski
The Red Planet has fascinated humanity for hundreds of years, if not millennia. The debate about whether there is and was water on Mars began to heat up once we sent the first spacecraft to the planet.
Read More »Global Government Spending on Space Exploration to Grow Modestly
According to a new research report by Euroconsult, global government spending on space exploration will see modest growth from US$14.6B in 2017 to US$20B by 2027.
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