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What's next for NASA? Space Tourism

The first crewed Starliner mission to the space station will set the model for this arrangement: Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson, a former space shuttle comm...

NASA renames street "Hidden Figures Way" to honor black female mathematicians

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (from left), U.S. Sen. Those women overcame these obstacles and played critical roles in launching the first US astronauts in...

The Pentagon emits a staggering level of greenhouse gases, study finds

The Pentagon is the "single largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world", according to a new study about climate change that accuses the Trump administr...

Trump attacks Nasa and claims the moon is 'a part' of Mars

During the Apollo program, the Moon became a part of the human domain. At a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council last week, William H. Gerstenmaier, NASA's as...

NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020

NASA's plan will also allow 30-day private astronaut missions to the space station starting as early as 2020. NASA is not the first one to open space tourism...

NOAA forecasts very large ‘dead zone' for Gulf of Mexico

The buildup happens every summer, but researchers predict this year the dead zone could be as large as 8,766 square miles - roughly the size of the Commonwealth...

How do you cut down on single-use plastics?

Do you think the urban cities in North America should completely ban single-use plastics? At any rate, single-use plastics will destroy humanity if they're n...

SpaceX launches rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

Vandenberg Air Force officials have confirmed the launch window for early Wednesday morning, and cautioned that residents in nearby counties - including San Lui...

Near-record 'dead zone' forecast off US Gulf coast, threatening fish

When this excess of nutrients-particularly nitrogen and phosphorus-enters the Gulf it fuels a rapid increase in the growth of certain types of algae, otherwise ...

Nearly 600 plant species have become extinct in the last 250 years

However, most of the outcry around extinction has focused on animals rather than plants, authors point out-even though twice as many plant species have disapp...

Rare 'superflares' from Sun could disrupt Earth's communications

In a new analysis of superflare events observed by the Kepler space telescope, the researchers report that superflares can indeed be produced by Sun-like star...

NASA offers live view of Mars 2020 rover in making

Called Mars Helicopter , has passed several test runs to check the endurance of the equipment on Mars's harsh atmosphere and has is now in the final testing ...

The Moon’s largest crater is hiding something, and astronomers don’t know what

James and his team of scientists from Baylor University believe it could be the metal core of an asteroid which head-butted the moon and left that 1,242-...

Plants driven to extinction at twice rate of mammals, birds and amphibians

Around two species of plants go extinct every year - although the true figure is likely to be even higher as plants may be disappearing before they are even dis...

Scientists can't explain mysterious large mass discovered on Moon

James and his colleagues discovered the blob while comparing maps of lunar topography with data collected by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (G...

Crater from UK's biggest meteorite 1.2 billion years ago discovered in Scotland

The meteorite would have travelled at a speed of 40,000mph and hit the Earth with a force nearly 1 billion times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Scientis...

Science Weekly podcast: A brief history of Stephen Hawking

Following his passing, celebrities from all realms paid tribute to this extraordinary man. As one of Isaac Newton's successors as Lucasian Professor of Mathem...

Near-record 'dead zone' predicted in Gulf of Mexico

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting an area of about 7,800 square miles, roughly the size of MA or Slovenia. Once the excess nu...

Liberals plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

A full list of banned items isn't yet set in stone, but a government source told CBC News that list could include items like plastic straws, cotton swabs, dri...

Tonight might be the best night of the year to see Jupiter

And if you want an extra treat, grab a pair of binoculars and you'll catch four of Jupiter's brightest moons: Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. If you want a...

Drought levels raised in Fort Nelson, conservation encouraged

The B.C. River Forecast Centre has raised concerns about low snow levels in regions around the province, including the Upper Fraser West, Nechacko, Lower Fraser...

NASA Asteroid Tracker: 2 Massive Asteroids Zip Incredibly Close To Earth Today

An asteroid about the size of a football field is expected to fly close to Earth this coming September. There is a one-in-7,000 chance an asteroid whose diame...

Jupiter Is Coming close this Month for Us to See it

The very best time of the month to see Jupiter will be 10 June when the planet reaches "opposition". However, that's not the only time that you can get a glim...

NASA’s live webcam stream showing the assembly of Mars Rover 2020

Science fiction is getting closer to reality folks! Next year, NASA's Mars 2020 mission will launch a rover to the Red Planet aboard a United Launch Alliance ...

Focus on Mars, Not Moon — Trump Slams NASA

President Trump seemed to question his own accelerated human space program Friday afternoon with a surprise tweet saying NASA "should NOT be talking about g...

Baby teeth reveal previously unknown ancient Siberians

As part of the same wider study , researchers also revealed that another site in Siberia yielded 10,000-year-old human remains found to be genetically relate...

Nasa to open International Space Station to tourists

Each mission will likely cost over $50 million per tourist (paid to a private space tourism company), and NASA plans to pocket $35,000 for every night a priva...

32000-year-old teeth bridge gap between Siberia and US

For at least the last century archaeologists and anthropologists have generally agreed that the first humans arrived in North America having struggled acr...

Scientists Concerned Musk's Starlink Satellites Might Ruin View Of Night Sky

To date, there have been fewer than 200 such satellites, according to the statement, but the IAU worries that number could reach five digits. "After working c...

We eat 52,000 plastic particles every year

A new study estimates that people who drink bottled water ingest 90,000 additional plastic microplastic particles annually, compared to those who drink tap ...