Fascinating things are afoot in the realm of astronomy for Columbia, South Carolina. Recently, we had…
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Milky Way home to billions of planets the size of Earth
Alicia Chang LOS ANGELES — Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets…
Analysis finds two-billion-year-old Martian rock contains water
Alicia Chang LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Scientists are abuzz about a coal-colored rock from Mars that…
Chris Hadfield and Captain Kirk, errr, William Shatner, exchange pleasantries
Chris Hadfield, who will assume command of the International Space Station this March, is having a…
The best bets for sky watching in 2013
Several outstanding astronomical events are coming to a dark sky site near you in 2013. Each…
Tau Ceti: A Tale of Five New Planets?
When it comes to extra-solar planet discoveries, perhaps “all that jitters is not gold.” New discoveries…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield a ready-and-willing guinea pig during stint as ISS commander
Chris Hadfield will soon be the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station. The exuberant…
Rocket carrying American, Russian and Canadian takes off for space station
Peter Leonard BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American, a Russian and a Canadian…
One Canadian will live to see doomsday
If the Mayan calendar really does foreshadow the end of the world next week, look at…
A close approach and a historic fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid
Earth was buzzed by an asteroid on Wednesday. Altogether, it’s not an uncommon event. But, this…