Posts Tagged ‘space’

New Pluto moon likely to be named Vulcan, thanks to William Shatner

P4 and P5 are closer to getting proper names

by Emily Senger - Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Scientists seek public input to name Pluto’s newly discovered moons

Poor little P4 and P5 have been orbiting around the one-time planet Pluto without…

by Emily Senger - Monday, February 11, 2013
Astronaut Chris Hadfield readies for mission of a lifetime

Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station

by Kate Lunau - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
5 Canadian space inventions (that aren’t the Canadarm)

Canadian innovations have played a major role in space exploration, almost from the very beginning

by Blog of Lists - Tuesday, August 7, 2012
14 astronauts we know by name

From Buzz Aldrin to the late Sally Ride, these brave explorers made their mark by leaving Earth.

by Blog of Lists - Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The next man on the moon may well be Chinese

Since China’s manned space program was approved in 1992, it has moved at breathtaking speed

by Kate Lunau - Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Long trip to nowhere

Researchers seek to prove that travel to Mars is possible

by Kate Lunau - Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Will colonizing meteorites and asteroids with bacteria one day save life as we know it?

Panspermia is meant to maintain Earth’s evolutionary path

by Alex Ballingall - Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Idea alert

Marc Garneau proposes a mission to Mars.
I’m talking about a robotic mission. Except…

by Aaron Wherry - Monday, July 4, 2011
10 reasons why there has never been a better time to be a Canadian

Canadians are healthier in most every sense than a long list of wealthy, developed nations

by macleans.ca - Friday, July 1, 2011
Why it’s the best time ever to be a Canadian

By many global measures we are a blessed bastion of privilege, peace, freedom—and big roomy houses

by macleans.ca - Friday, July 1, 2011
Three astronauts blast off to Space Station

Astronauts hail from Russia, Japan and the U.S.

by macleans.ca - Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Space police

A group of skywatchers set their sights on secret space missions—including a U.S. Air Force project

by Tom Henheffer - Thursday, May 26, 2011
UFOS and the U.S. Air force

Alien interference

by Jane Switzer - Thursday, October 14, 2010
Habitable, earth-like planet discovered

First “Goldilocks” planet can sustain life

by macleans.ca - Thursday, September 30, 2010
Destination Mars

Human explorers will set foot on the red planet one day. And it might be sooner than most of us realize.

by Kate Lunau - Friday, September 17, 2010
Asteroid? Our leaders are on the case.

Already the UN is think-tanking a proposal to facilitate naming a Special Envoy

by Scott Feschuk - Thursday, September 16, 2010
Exploding stars on ice

The IceCube will search for neutrinos, tiny subatomic particles created by exploding stars, gamma-ray bursts, and other phenomena like black holes

by Jane Switzer - Thursday, September 16, 2010
Chris Hadfield named International Space Station commander

First Canadian to hold post will launch in late 2012

by macleans.ca - Friday, September 3, 2010
Is there anybody out there? Do we care?

My column for the print mag this week takes a break from Tory-baiting and…

by Andrew Potter - Tuesday, August 17, 2010