NASA is due to announce a new discovery about the Moon that the agency has called ‘exciting'. The discovery was made following observations by NASA’s SOFIA telescope, which is attached to a modified commercial jet flying high in the atmosphere. The space agency said it will make the announcement next...
The coroner’s report on Love Island host Caroline Flack’s death stated that the star died from suicide “in fear of being prosecuted.” In the report coroner, Mary Hassell said: “Although (Flack’s) general fluctuating (mental) state was a background and important in her death, I find the reason for her taking...
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said there were 206 new cases of COVID-19 in Waterloo Region on Wednesday. In her daily update on Twitter, she lists public health units that have seen significant case increases. On Wednesday, that list included Waterloo Region. The increase marks the largest single-day increase ever in...
Eastern Health’s COVID-19 vaccine portal crashed for a time yesterday afternoon after it was revealed that people can start bumping up their second dose appointments. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald revealed during the update that some appointment times could be booked as of yesterday but most could...
Four exoplanets have been discovered around star TOI-1233 by two high schoolers, making them among the youngest people to have ever discovered a celestial body. Sixteen-year-old Kartik Pinglé and 18-year-old Jasmine Wright were participating in the Student Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard &...
An international team of researchers, including scientists with the University of British Columbia’s gravitational wave astrophysics group, has detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed. The discovery, outlined in papers published today in Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal, raises...
A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have touched down safely on the Kazakhstan steppe, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions. NASA astronaut Captain Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed around 150km southeast of the Kazakh city of...
Bernie Sanders to publish book, 'Where We Go From Here,' after midterms. He might not have any official plans to try and win the White House in 2020 (at least, not yet), but Vermont independent and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced plans to release a new book this...
The discovery of four dead feral rabbits in Parksville heralds the return of a confusing and horrific disease. The rabbit haemorrhagic disease was discovered in the animals of a long-standing colony at a Parksville residence. This is the second time the rare disease was found on Vancouver Island. In the...
New Brunswick Public Health reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. There are six new cases in Zone 4 (the Edmundston region), two in Zone 1 (the Moncton region) and one in Zone 2 (the Saint John region.) Of the six cases in Zone 4, four are contacts of a...