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Canadian to command space station
Astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station.
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NASA tests most powerful booster rocket ever
NASA and aerospace company ATK Aerospace Systems successfully tested Tuesday the most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine ever, even though its future in the space program remains in doubt.
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First mega black holes were born soon after 'Big Bang'
The first "supermassive" black holes were created relatively soon after the Big Bang that created the Universe, a finding which could rewrite theories about the formation of galaxies, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Detector will probe for anti-matter, dark matter
A huge particle detector to be mounted on the International Space Station next year could find evidence for the anti-universe often evoked in science fiction, physicists said on Wednesday.
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Astronomers bag biggest ever find of exoplanets
European astronomers on Tuesday said they had found a distant star orbited by at least five planets in the biggest discovery of so-called exoplanets since the first was logged 15 years ago.
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Meteorite provides evidence to Solar System age
The Solar System could be nearly two million years older than thought, according to a study published on Sunday by the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Astronomers claim Moon is shrinking
The Man in the Moon has become the latest victim of contraction in the housing market.
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Cam Cole
Winter of discontent failed to freeze greed
Raise your hand if you're delighted with the length and structure of the deal the Vancouver Canucks signed with Roberto Luongo in order to circumvent the salary cap.
Steve Whysall
Tale of two private heavens
It is a beautiful mid-week night in August and I am walking along Cambridge Street in Burnaby on my way to see the garden of Gino and Amelia Pecile, who came to B.C. from Italy more than 30 years ago.
Jonathan Manthorpe
North Korea leans on its major ally to dodge world's arms-trade ban
North Korea is using China as a transit route as it attempts to dodge international sanctions on its trade in arms and nuclear technology, according to reports in South Korea.
Barbara Yaffe
North needs funding, not photo ops
Canadians need to have a serious conversation about what they want to do with their vast northern territory.
