Astronomy

• Partial solar eclipse: TELUS World of Science invites Edmontonians to safely view April event

  Edmontonians who are excited for a much-talked-about astronomical event set to take place next month are being invited to a "safe telescope viewing" by the city's science centre.

  Science

  Mar 27
  
• Lunar gift: Full ‘cold’ moon for Christmas, next one a decade away

  Known as the Cold Moon and the Long Night Moon, a lunar rarity will appear near sunset on Dec. 25, 26 and 27, with peak illumination occurring on Boxing Day.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2023
  
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• ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ total solar eclipse will occur in Kingston, Ont.

  Kingston, Ont., has not been the location of a total solar eclipse in over 700 years, but will soon have one of the best seats in the house for one.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2023
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• ‘Must-see event’: Geminid meteor shower to peak on evening of Dec. 13

  Astronomy educator Gary Boyle of Ottawa says the shower – which began Nov. 19 and ends Dec. 24 -- will produce up to 120 meteors per hour with some bright fireballs.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2023
• After 40-year closure, Edmonton planetarium to reopen

  “The Queen Elizabeth Planetarium could easily have gone into obscurity and just been demolished, but cooler and smarter heads prevailed."

  Education

  Sep 29, 2023
• Final supermoon of 2023: Harvest Moon to rise across B.C. skies this week

  A supermoon occurs when a full moon is also at its closest point to Earth in its orbit.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
• Supermoons bookending month of August

  “A supermoon is when the moon is closest to the Earth that coincides with a full moon or a new moon,” said Ottawa astronomer Gary Boyle.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
• Suspects in Hamilton-area observatory break-in facing charges: police

  A July 3 break-in at a Millgrove, Ont. observatory caused thousands of dollars in damage after someone drove a truck into two neighbouring buildings at the site.

  Crime

  Jul 28, 2023
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• Meet Janus, the rare, newly-discovered star with ‘two faces’

  A group of astronomers say for the first time they've found a star with two "faces," one side composed completely of helium and the other completely of hydrogen.

  Science

  Jul 20, 2023
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• Hamilton-area observatory rammed by truck suffers extensive damage

  The Hamilton branch of the Royal Astronomers Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) says a July 3 break-in at the local observatory caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage.

  Crime

  Jul 13, 2023