Tag Archives: space

There's a lot of buzz around the Artemis II mission to the moon this winter. A number of delays have forced the launch date to be changed, however, with the latest estimation set for March 6th. A miss...

REGINA - An international team of astronomers, which includes a University of Regina professor, has discovered a rare, distant object far beyond Neptune. The object, named 2020 VN40, is moving in rhyt...

MIDALE - Star gazers in southeast Saskatchewan were treated to another magnificent sight on Sunday evening.  The Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was observed passing through the skies on a cl...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta - The skies over Fort McMurray and much of North America were illuminated by the aurora borealis as one of the largest geomagnetic storms of the century took place. The storm wa...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they're confident that Boeing's space capsule can return them safely, despite breakdowns. NA...

The universe has been spoiling us with some spectacular shows over the past year. Just recently we were treated to an unbelievable northern lights show thanks to a lot of solar activity and earlier th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every yea...

On Monday, April 8, a Total Solar Eclipse will pass over North America. In Saskatchewan it will be partial eclipse. The time frame in Regina is 11:51 a.m. to 1:56 p.m. with the maximum eclipse at 12:5...

Scientists have confirmed what became of a star that exploded in a stunning supernova visible to Earth more than three decades ago: It morphed into a neutron star, one of the oddest objects in th...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed to space Monday, launching a race for private companies to deliver experiments and other items to the moon. But a...