When it was very young, the planet Earth looked rather different from the one we know and love today. For one, it had supercontinents – when...
Using data gathered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, a team of astronomers in Canada has discovered 17 new exoplanets, including an Earth-sized world. Designated KIC 7340288b,...
A UBC student has found no less than 17 new possible planets, including one that appears to meet the conditions required to hold liquid water on its...
So far, humanity has only known of one explosion in the universe since the beginning of time –– the Big Bang. For the first time in...
First extraterrestrial PROTEIN discovered inside a meteorite found 30 years ago in Algeria suggests the building blocks of life could already exist elsewhere in space The...
University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has an out-of-this world job. Kunimoto scours space for undiscovered planets. And she’s just uncovered 17 new possible...
The news struck like a thunderbolt: SpaceX might IPO Starlink. For years, investors have sought a viable way to invest in Elon Musk’s space start-up, SpaceX....
As far as astronomers know, the Big Bang is why we’re all here. The massive explosion sent all the matter we see in the universe flying,...
An artist’s impression released by NASA on September 11, 2019 shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet Reuters The exoplanet K2-18b might...
Discovery made on Feb. 15 A tiny object that has gotten sucked into orbit around Earth is acting as a temporary mini-moon. The object, which is...
