Mars

• Toronto ranked the 3rd-largest tech hub in North America

  A rapidly expanding tech industry and workforce here in Toronto is growing fast enough for the New York Times to rank the city the third-largest tech hub in North America.

  Tech

  Mar 22
  
• NASA’s top scientist retires, has a plan to make Mars habitable

  He says that the first step to human life on Mars would be bringing the climate to a point where 'blood doesn't boil if you walk out on the surface.'

  Science

  Jan 4
  
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• With award-winning prototype, U of R team brings world a little closer to life on Mars

  The student-led team is putting the finishing touches on their airlock design, which could theoretically be used to help humans adapt to the hostile Martian environment.

  Science

  Oct 12, 2021
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• Astronaut blood can be used to make concrete on Mars, scientists say

  Astronaut builders could also provide the building materials for colonies on Mars, according to a new study.

  Trending

  Sep 15, 2021
• Marine Animal Response Society details 15 years of cetacean injuries, deaths

  In the 2004-2019 timeframe, 3,136 incidents were reported to local response hotlines in the Atlantic region and Quebec. Nearly half involved 'at-risk species.'

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2021
• ‘I want to go to Mars’: COVID-19 doesn’t ground Calgary teen’s astronaut dreams

  A 15-year-old Calgary girl is chasing her dream at virtual space camp, where she gets to meet astronauts, engineers and scientists and try out mission simulators.

  Features

  May 27, 2021
• Chinese rover touches down on Mars

  The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40 a.m. Saturday Beijing time (0240 GMT), the China National Space Administration said.

  World

  May 22, 2021
• China successfully lands unmanned spacecraft on Mars: state media

  The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on the Southern Utopia Plain, making China the third space-faring nation after the United States and Russia to land on the Red Planet.

  Science

  May 14, 2021
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• NASA successfully flies the first-ever helicopter on Mars

  NASA's Ingenuity aircraft took off, hovered and then safely landed in the first-ever flight on another world.

  Science

  Apr 19, 2021
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• Mission to Mars: Canadian ‘Ingenuity’ gets us closer to the red planet

  Their careers have taken twists and turns, but these young Canadians have landed jobs doing things that are literally out of this world.

  Science

  Apr 10, 2021