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It will be the fastest manmade moving object in history and NASA hope it will come within 3.83 million miles of the sun's surface, making 24 loops of the star o...
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Perseid Meteor Shower to put on show over South Florida
Unlike most meteor showers, the Perseids have a very broad peak, lasting until 4 a.m. ET on August 12. A fireball is a very bright meteor, at least as bright ...
Alta. wildfire smoke causing poor air quality in west-central Sask.
The smoke is expected to decrease across the alert area late Thursday morning. "The Bay Area is suffering an air quality one-two punch - smog from auto exhaus...
Where to see the last partial solar eclipse of 2018
A solar eclipse or Surya Grahan is going to occur today when the moon will obstruct the way between the sun and the earth. This weekend's partial solar ecl...
Perseid meteor shower: Stunning images emerge from shooting star display
MacMillan Space Centre, told On the Coast guest host Angela Sterritt. This year forecasters say we could see anywhere from 60-70 meteors per hour but during...
Mission To 'Touch The Sun' Set To Launch Saturday
Understanding how the corona works will help scientists anticipate risky space weather storms, which can disrupt the power grid on Earth. Mission leaders say th...
Is Solar Eclipse harmful during pregnancy? Dos and don'ts for Surya Grahan
The phenomenon occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth are almost aligned in a straight line during the new Moon phase. But stargazers should make the most of thi...
World at risk of heading towards irreversible 'hothouse' state
The planet urgently needs to transition to a green economy because fossil fuel pollution risks pushing the Earth into a lasting and unsafe " hothouse " state, r...
A Small Window to see the Perseid's This Weekend
Moonless nights will make the spectacle of the annual Perseid meteor shower even more scintillating this weekend for much of the world, and sky watchers are...
NASA sending spacecraft straight into sun's glittering crown
Its mission is to help scientists unlock the mysteries of the sun's atmosphere and answer questions like why its corona, the outermost layer of the solar atmosp...
Hurricane Hector to pass just south of Hawaii
A Tropical Storm Warning means tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. Category Four strength was the maximum attained by Hurr...
Rescue team rushes to help ailing orca spotted off Canada
Researchers spotted the 20-year-old whale and the calf off of Washington's Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday, the station says. The rescue team has approval in b...
Australia relaxes protections on kangaroos during historic drought
Unable to feed their livestock, many have been forced to sell or slaughter stock, sending the cattle industry into a decline that could take years to recover. T...
Perseid Meteor Shower To Put On Brilliant Show This Weekend
While a falling meteorite can be seen any night of the year, it's this weekend when the sky puts on a show as the Earth passes through the stream of the comet...
Persied meteor shower peaks this weekend
The Perseid Meteor Shower will reach it's peak between August 11-13 this year. Most of the "shooting stars" will be coming in from upper right to lower left. ...
How to see the Perseid meteor shower peak this weekend
However the shower will peak on the nights between August 11 and 12 and August 12 and 13. That was most likely the Perseids. Meteors will be visible for those...
NASA spacecraft set to begin 7-yr mission to "touch the sun"
The launch window will last for about 45 minutes, and it will start at 3:45 a.m. EDT. This means PSP will be able to fly through the star's scorching-hot atmo...
Perseid meteor shower promises spectacular show
If you are a star gazer, you need to be ready for a show this upcoming weekend! Lastly, the Perseids are awesome because they are one of the most intense shower...
Heat warning back in effect for P.E.I
As reported, on Sunday and Monday, August 5 and 6, in the daytime the temperature will reach a maximum of 31° C or higher. Forecasters say a cold front is exp...
Glowing Rogue Planet Discovered Near Our Solar System
The object is about 20 light years away from Earth, farther than the Alpha Centauri star system that is about 4 light years away. If you were to stand on it (no...
Hot streak continues today; storm chances go up tonight and into Tuesday!
While no severe weather is expected, some storms still could produce some heavy rain and gusty winds reducing visibility. Mostly sunny and warmer Thursday w...
Hurricane John absorbs tropical storm as new system forms in Atlantic
Tuesday. Subtropical Storm Debby has formed in the open Atlantic Tuesday with the expectation of not surviving beyond a few days, according to the latest ad...
Hector Enters Central Pacific as Category 4 Hurricane
Hurricane Hector is still churning closer to the Hawaiian islands on Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm to the southeast of Hawaii. Some predictions put t...
Earth is just one degree away from humanity's future being under threat
If polar ice continues to melt, forests are slashed and greenhouse gases rise to new highs - as they now do each year - the Earth will pass a tipping point....
NASA set to announce astronauts for SpaceX, Boeing missions
NASA has been paying billions of dollars to SpaceX and Boeing to develop the crew capsules to pick up where the space shuttles left off in 2011, while also ...
SpaceX launches Indonesian comsat with 'used' booster
Falcon 9 B1046.2 lifts off from Pad 40 for its second launch. That launch back in May was the first time the company used Block 5 for an actual mission. A...
India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2 launch delayed again
The Israel mission will be utilising the American Falcon-9 rocket expecting to soft land on the moon on February 13, 2019. The rover of India's second lunar mis...
Toll from worst S.W. Florida red tide in decade grows
These samples are analyzed for detection and enumeration of Karenia brevis-the species responsible for Florida red tide-along with water quality parameters, phy...
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