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Canadian radar data helps keep astronauts safe from space rocks
With about 100 tons of small meteoroids bombarding the Earth's atmosphere every day, the number of dangers threatening satellites, spacecraft and astronauts as they orbit the planet is astronomical.
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NASA out of touch with one Mars rover
Although one of two twin rovers scouring the surface of Mars has been unresponsive for over a year — and has likely seen its last intragalactic action — NASA is beaming with optimism over what it has accomplished and what the mission has waiting in the wings.
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NASA probe aims to unlock Mercury’s secrets
NASA scientists pored Wednesday over stunning new images of Mercury as their MESSENGER probe began a year-long mission to map the surface of the solar system’s least-understood planet.
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U.S. Air Force to retest X-51 WaveRider hypersonic aircraft
The U.S. Air Force plans to launch an experimental aircraft Thursday that could potentially reach speeds of 6,400 kph over the Pacific Ocean in a test flight that could give the Pentagon a new way to deliver a military strike anywhere around the globe within minutes.
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Look, up in the sky: It’s a supermoon!
If it is true what they say about a full moon provoking deviant behaviour in human beings, then evidence of an outbreak of lunacy should be clearly discernible on Canadian streets Saturday night.
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We'll get rare bigger, brighter moon
A rare super moon will brighten skies and appear larger as the moon nears the Earth this weekend.
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Messenger successfully goes into orbit around Mercury
With a 30-minute blast from its main rocket engine, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft slipped into orbit around the planet Mercury Thursday evening, becoming the first craft from Earth ever to circle the closest planet to the sun.
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Michael D. Reid
Around Town: Let them entertain you
Atom Egoyan did it. So did Kim Cattrall, Richard Margison and, more recently, New York-based stage actress Amy Bohaker.
Dave Obee
Philanthropist gave birth to Victoria's libraries
This is an excerpt from The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia, being published this month by the B.C. Library Association.
Adrian Chamberlain
Noted poet uses her art to stave off the darkness
Some of the poems in Susan Musgrave's new collection, Origami Dove, are ... well, a bit depressing.
Paul Willcocks
Paul Willcocks: Harper raising trust issues -about himself
It's early days, but Stephen Harper could be blowing the election.
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