Science & Climate

Territories remain best places to see northern lights, even as intensity drops, expert says The International Space Station, left, streaks past as the Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights are seen in Fredericton, Saturday, May. 11, 2024. The celestial show put on by the northern lights in the south will …

‘The visual system is still a lot more discriminating than electronic systems are,’ says one eye expert Earth sets on April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. (NASA)  The Artemis II …

The crew had a call with the International Space Station Tuesday Artemis II sends back never-before-seen images of the moon NASA has released new images of the moon taken by the Artemis II crew and revealed more about the astronauts’ observations during the historic lunar flyby. The Artemis II crew …

New photo recalls Apollo 8’s famous ‘Earthrise’ shot in 1968 A view of Earth, partially hidden by the moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. ET on April 6, 2026. (NASA/Reuters)  The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8. A day after the historic …

Record was broken as the crew of four astronauts passed 400,171 kilometres from Earth In this image from video provided by NASA, the moon is seen outside the Orion spacecraft after the Artemis II astronauts surpassed the farthest distance ever traveled by humans from Earth, Monday. (NASA via The Associated Press)  …

Canadian whale biologist co-led research on how sperm whales gather to support newborn calf Scientists with Project CETI, an organization looking to translate sperm whale communication with advanced machine learning, captured the sights and sounds of the birth of a newborn calf. (Project CETI) Rare footage of a sperm whale giving …

The Taczanowskia waska spider appears to mimic a deadly fungus like the one that inspired The Last Of Us The Taczanowskia waska spider is theorized to mimic fungi growths to attract prey and/or keep predators away. (Submitted by Alexander Bentley )  When Alexander Bentley poked a mass covered in what appeared …

White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across North America A bat lies dead on the floor of a cave in Alberta. Its nose is covered in white fungal matter — a telltale sign of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations across North America in recent …

The astronauts will be conducting numerous tests on the spacecraft and themselves Artemis II launches astronauts on 10-day moon mission  NASA successfully started the Artemis II mission with a rocket launch sending four astronauts — including Canadian Jeremy Hansen — further into space than humans have ever gone before. It’s …

Hansen will join three other crew members to spend nearly 10 days on board NASA’s Orion capsule The NASA Artemis II rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building moving slowly to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 20, 2026. (Terry …