Paul Scott Anderson
When Stars Play Planetary Pinball
[/caption] Many of us remember playing pinball at the local arcade while growing up; it turns out that some stars…
600 Million Year Drought Makes Life on Surface of Mars Unlikely
[/caption] Mars is often referred to as a desert world, and for good reason - its surface is barren, dry…
New Study Shows How Trace Elements Affect Stars’ Habitable Zones
[/caption] Habitable zones are the regions around stars, including our own Sun, where conditions are the most favourable for the…
How Plants May Have Helped Create Earth’s Unique Landscapes
[/caption] According to conventional thinking, plant life first took hold on Earth after oceans and rivers formed; the soil produced…
Hayabusa 2 Mission Approved by Japanese Government
[/caption] In 2010, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa completed an exciting although nail-biting mission to the asteroid Itokawa, successfully returning samples…
Canada Looks to the Future in Space
[/caption] When it comes to space, the first thing most people think of is NASA. Or Russia and the European…
‘Oceanus Borealis’ – Mars Express Finds New Evidence for Ancient Ocean on Mars
[/caption] For a long time now, evidence has continued to indicate that Mars was once a water world - near-surface…
Mystery Moon Flashes Caused by Meteorite Impacts
[/caption] For hundreds of years, people have seen tiny flashes of light on the surface of the Moon. Very brief,…
New Research Suggests Fomalhaut b May Not Be a Planet After All
[/caption] When the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the apparent exoplanet Fomalhaut b in 2008, it was regarded as the first…
Cassini Takes a Closer Look at Titan’s Sand Dunes
[/caption] Titan is a world that is amazingly Earth-like in some ways, with rain, rivers, lakes and seas. Mind you,…