63 light years from Earth a planet that looks like a big blue marble is being watched closely by astronomers. While the colour blue is often associated with feelings of calmness and stability, this particular world is anything but peaceful. … Continue reading Hot Jupiters
When she was a kid Taryn Tomlinson and her sisters would play a game to see who would be the first to spot a satellite in the night sky. Sometimes it would be hours before they could declare a winner. … Continue reading Eye in the sky -Canadian satellites protect environment
As a child growing up on a farm in Southern Ontario, Jeremy Hansen was fascinated by the night skies and wondered what it would be like to leave this planet and look at it from space. At the time there … Continue reading Otherworldly occupations
In April 2019 astronomers shared with the world a picture of one of the most mysterious objects in the universe. They had captured the very first image ever taken of a black hole. Black holes are places in space where … Continue reading Seeing the unseeable
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