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Wayward humpback whale, beloved to Montrealers, found dead

The whale was last seen swimming near Pointe-aux-Trembles, before disappearing for two days. A team comprised of RQUMM, federal fisheries and University of Mo...

Fast Radio Bursts: UK astronomers spy 'important clue' in origins of FRBs

They found that all of FRB 121102's emissions occur within a window of about 90 days, before it falls silent for 67 days. Then, the entire 157-day cycle begin...

First American woman to walk in space reaches deepest spot in ocean

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Roger Goodell's Statement Reportedly Surprised NFL Owners

Out". We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to National Football League players earlier and encourage all to speak out and pea...

Engineers Put Thousands of Artificial Brain Synapses on a Chip

Ultimately, scientists envision memory transistors requiring less chip real estate than conventional options, allowing for more powerful, portable computing d...

Three-day COVID-19 sees 30 new cases in BC

Provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there are 907 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 1,362 in Fraser Health, 130 on Vancouver Island,...

Donald Trump reopens anthem debate with tweet aimed at Roger Goodell

MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle reports on how Colin Kaepernick came up with the idea to kneel and gets reaction from former National Football League player Donte Stall...

Active cases in BC fall below 200

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Astronomers might've found a planet just like Earth orbiting its own Sun

However, as a rule around small red stars. To begin with, KOI-456.04 orbits a star that is like the Sun. What makes KOI-456.04 uncommon isn't just the reali...

Tropical Depression Remnants of Cristobal Will Track Through Northern Ontario

A woman walks her dog through the French Quarter as Tropical Storm Cristobal nears the coast on Sunday in New Orleans, Louisiana. Those areas should expect 7 ...

Quebec reports 35 more COVID-19 deaths

The total number of those who have tested positive for the virus is now 52,624. The city has accounted for almost half of the province's COVID-19 cases and mo...

Northrop Books $187M NASA Contract to Develop Lunar Gateway Crew Module

Nasa described Halo as being about the size of a "small studio apartment". The contract does not cover all the work needed for HALO. This award funds HALO's...

Largest supermoon of 2020 rises in Greece

This just so happens to be the Super Pink Moon , also known as the Paschal Full Moon, and in addition to being attractive, it'll also be quite the game-changer...

Hubble peers into a Cosmic Reef

The disappearing act in the Fomalhaut star system, 25 light years away in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, was chronicled by the Hubble Space Teles...

Warmest May on record, Siberia 10 Celsius hotter

SYDNEY • The Australian Associated Press appears to have been saved from closure after the chief executive announced yesterday that a sale was tentatively agree...

A Strawberry Moon rises along with a partial eclipse on Friday

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Paytm celebrates World Environment Day, dedicates homepage to Earth's biodiversity

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Trump administration bans passenger flights from China

The order from the Trump administration applies to various Chinese airlines such as Air China, China Eastern Airlines Corp, China Southern Airlines Co and Hai...

How to Watch the Strawberry Moon This Weekend

Though North America will miss the eclipse , the Virtual Telescope Project will live stream the lunar event from above the Rome skyline on its website . Acc...

Scientists May Have Discovered A Near Mirror Image of Earth and

The Earth-like exoplanet is one of the worlds orbiting the star Kepler-160, which is about 3,000 lightyears from our star system. A team led by the Max Planck I...

Scientists say they have identify cleanest air on Earth

The researchers found that the air of the boundary layer, which feeds the lower clouds over the Antarctic Ocean, was free of aerosol particles produced by human...

Kolkata’s date with Pink Super Moon on Wednesday

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Tropical Storm Cristobal expected to move toward Gulf Coast this weekend

Tropical depression Cristobal has now strengthened into tropical storm Cristobal . Gov. John Bel Edwards declared the emergency on Thursday , warning reside...

Ayushmann Khurrana supports Bhumi Pednekar's 'Climate Warrior', fights for water conservation

Anushka urged everyone to treat animals and plant species with utmost kindness and equality. Bhumi Pednekar also reposted Arjun Kapoor's video on her Instag...

A full "Strawberry Moon" is set to rise over Vancouver tonight

The shadow of the earth that will fall on the moon is the penumbra , the outermost shadow. Regarding where it can be viewed from, it can be witnessed from As...

You can see 2020's second penumbral lunar eclipse on June 5

For observers in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, however, the moon will appear ever-so-slightly darker than normal as it passes through the outer edge of ...

Saturday's 'Strawberry Moon' marks start of eclipse season

The short answer: During a penumbral eclipse , the moon is in Earth's pale outer shadow, also known as Earth's penumbral shadow. It won't be visible in North A...

It's gonna be sweet: don't miss the Strawberry Moon eclipse

Weather permitting, skywatchers who won't be able to check out the eclipse for themselves can still keep tabs on the moon digitally, thanks to a livestream f...

SpaceX successfully deploys yet another batch of 60 Starlink satellites

Space Launch: America Returns To Space premiering Sunday 14 June at 8:30pm take viewers inside NASA and SpaceX's joint mission to launch veteran astronauts ...

May had highest recorded level of atmospheric Carbon dioxide concentrations

Carbon dioxide recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reached 417 parts per million (ppm) in May, higher than the record of 414.8 ppm set previous ye...