Amateur skywatchers are being credited with identifying the star, which pulses on one side only.

Perseverance, a six-wheeled robotic explorer, will blast off this summer to collect Martian samples for eventual return to Earth.

A supermassive black hole caused an explosion large enough to swallow several galaxies, astronomers say.

Astronomers say the relatively tiny object has been circling the Earth for about three years — but it won‘t be around for much longer.

NASA's InSight lander heard Mars' 'song' while listening for quakes under the Martian surface.

An Edmonton scientist will help with NASA's Mars 2020 mission.

“Awesome launch,” Joel Montalbano, NASA’s deputy space station program manager, said once the capsule reached orbit.

According to one expert, for the next week to 10 days, Manitobans may also have a shot at seeing a much more elusive planet — Mercury.

For years, Spitzer peered through dusty clouds at untold stars and galaxies, uncovered a huge, nearly invisible ring around Saturn, and helped discover seven Earth-size planets around a nearby star.

The Canadian military says current removal systems are ineffective and nobody has yet found a way to keep track of the smallest pieces of space debris.