This Week’s Sky: June 14 to 20, 2021
It’s a rather slow week in the skies, as the Moon reaches first quarter and the June solstice passes.
Jun 10, 2021
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This Week’s Sky: June 7 to 13, 2021
The June 10, 2021, eclipse is finally at hand. As the Moon waxes afterward, its crescent will pass Mars and Venus.
Jun 04, 2021
Mi’kmaw Moons connects astronomy and culture with Two-Eyed Seeing
Two Nova Scotians work together on Mi’kmaw Moons, a learning and teaching project that connects Moon cycles, visual astronomy and Two-Eyed Seeing
May 29, 2021
Planets at a glance: June 2021
Jupiter and Saturn will start rising before midnight this month, while Mars and Venus start to spend more time in evening twilight.
May 28, 2021
This Week’s Sky: May 31 to June 6, 2021
The Moon reaches third quarter this week after meeting up with Saturn and Jupiter pre-dawn.
May 28, 2021
Maritime Launch Services aims for 2022 space mission
Sky News This Week: A Nova Scotia spaceport has secured funding and selected construction teams, aiming to send its first mission into space by 2022.
May 28, 2021
This Week’s Sky: May 24 to 30, 2021
Look for the full blood “supermoon” this week, as a total lunar eclipse is visible from Canada’s west.
May 20, 2021
Canadian mine shows possible life-friendly conditions for Mars
Sky News This Week: Researchers are using the environment at the Kidd Mine in Timmins, Ontario, to better understand how subsurface life could form on Mars
May 20, 2021
This Week’s Sky: May 17 to 23, 2021
The show stealers this week are the Moon and the gas giants. Look for the Lunar X, Saturn standing still in our sky and a double shadow transit on Jupiter.
May 13, 2021
This Week’s Sky: May 10 to 16, 2021
After a new Moon allows for some galaxy hunting, the waxing crescent will pass by each of our Solar System’s inner planets this week.
May 06, 2021
Planets at a glance: May 2021
Mercury is the planet to watch this month, as it wanes and treks away from the Sun, passing Venus and the Moon.
Apr 30, 2021
This Week’s Sky: May 3 to 9, 2021
Mercury starts to show itself after sunset this week — and don’t forget to look for Eta Aquariid meteors before dawn on Thursday.
Apr 29, 2021
Canadian astronomers urge action on satellite constellations
Sky News This Week: A new report by Canadian scientists warns that we need to work on preserving our skies for scientific and cultural reasons.
Apr 28, 2021
