Eyes to the skies for the ‘Galilean Nights’

Astronomers around the world are gearing up for three days of intense sky-watching in honour of…

Wanted: Guinea pigs with the Right Stuff

If being locked up in a cramped capsule for 17 months with five strangers is your…

Earth’s precious metals likely from outer space: Study

A new Canadian-led study has bolstered an intriguing theory that the abundance of some precious metals…

Satellite moon crash yields ‘exciting’ images: NASA

A NASA satellite that hurtled into a Moon crater on an exploratory mission last week sent…

New rocket engine makes trip to Mars realistic

A new NASA rocket engine, designed partly in Canada, raises the revolutionary possibility that a manned…

Space probe backs theory of how Moon makes its water

An instrument aboard an Indian space probe has boosted a hypothesis that the Moon generates water…

NASA invites Twitter fans to space shuttle launch

NASA invited fans on Twitter to get front-row seats for next month's launch of the space…

Circus tycoon recalls ‘amazing ride’ in space

Canadian billionaire space tourist Guy Laliberte spoke with wonder on Tuesday about his two-week voyage in…

NASA bombs the moon’s surface in search of water

The United States blasted the surface of the moon Friday with two rockets on a mission…

‘Cosmic opera’ set for Paris tower

The rooftop of a Paris skyscraper is to be transformed into a cosmic-ray laboratory in an…