The Sky Today on Sunday, August 2: Mercury at greatest western elongation
Back to Article List The solar system’s smallest planet reaches its greatest western elongation from the Sun, 19°…
Binman settles debate on putting batteries in waste bin or recycling
A binman has explained what you should be doing with batteries when they’re all used up. A binman…
Ganymede is a moon, yet it is larger than the planet Mercury, may contain more water than exists on Earth’s surface, and even generates its own magnetic field, making it less like a conventional moon than a full-sized world that happens to orbit Jupiter.
Calling Ganymede a moon is correct, but it does very little to prepare us for what the object…
Why you shouldn’t bring a native turtle home
There are four native species of turtle in Nova Scotia. The Shubenacadie Wildlife Park is encouraging residents not…
Travelling at the speed of light is not just hard but impossible for anything that has mass, since it would take infinite energy, so the real question is how close we could get and whether the loopholes physicists talk about are more than mathematics
Every space story worth its salt eventually reaches for lightspeed, the moment the engines catch and the stars…
US proposes cuts to Colorado River use for Arizona, California and Nevada | Government News
Three western states in the United States would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal…
SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon this week
A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar…
Great white shark pings 14 miles from Long Island coast
Percy was tagged on July 28, 2025 in collaboration with the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station. He was…
Don’t Miss August 12’s Solar Eclipse And Perseid Peak
Topline For skywatchers across North America and Europe, Wednesday, Aug. 12 offers a rare opportunity to experience two…
America’s Greatest Arctic Weakness Isn’t Greenland, Experts Say
President Donald Trump’s repeated calls to acquire Greenland, reiterated most recently at a NATO summit last month in…
It’s Exactly A Year Until The ‘Eclipse Of The Century’
Topline On Aug. 2, 2027, the longest total solar eclipse visible from land this century will sweep across…
15 elephants die after eating tomatoes contaminated with cyanide – CTV News
15 elephants die after eating tomatoes contaminated with cyanide CTV NewsFifteen elephant deaths in Kenya may be due to…