Some Canadians looking to the sky this weekend could be in for a treat as two solar flares that erupted on the sun on their way to Earth, potentially bringing some intense displays of the northern lights. The Space Weather Prediction Center in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration (NOAA) said on Thursday that…
Grim details continue to emerge as part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s ongoing hearing into the doomed Titan submersible, with an engineer with the National Transportation Safety board revealing Wednesday that the sub had imperfections on its carbon fibre hull, dating back to the manufacturing process. Engineer Don Kramer said there wrinkles, porosity and voids…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Fall is right around the corner and that means the elk that populate Alberta’s well-known parks are approaching the peak of their mating season. Parks Canada is urging people visiting Waterton Lakes National Park to be mindful of the animals’ behaviour. Just after dawn and right before…
Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. Six hours after departing the International Space Station, Starliner parachuted into New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, descending on autopilot through the desert darkness….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’ve come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, who developed the tool, says in a UBC news release that microplastics are a “significant threat” to…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing an attempt to land back on Earth during a routine Starlink mission, forcing the company’s second grounding this year. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched a batch of Starlink internet…
A 51-foot fin whale got stuck in shallow waters at a Los Angeles beach and died before rescuers could get to the scene. This tragic tale comes as the U.S. continues to battle multiple “unusual mortality events” affecting large whale species. Lifeguards at Torrance Beach spotted the whale in distress around 6 p.m. and called…
