Tag: Space Research
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Sara Seager Returns to Canada to Lead a New Era of Exoplanet Discovery
Introduction: A Homecoming for a Pioneer When a leading voice in exoplanet exploration comes back to her roots, the scientific community tunes in. Canadian-born researcher Sara Seager—long celebrated for her visionary work on finding and characterizing distant worlds—has announced a return to Canada to continue her quest for finding another Earth. This homecoming is not…
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Sara Seager Returns to Canada to Find Another Earth
A Homecoming for a Pioneer in Exoplanet Science When a scientist dedicates their career to answering one of humanity’s oldest questions—are we alone?—the work often travels with them beyond borders. Yet for Sara Seager, the renowned exoplanet researcher whose work has reshaped our understanding of distant worlds, returning to Canada marks not merely a change…
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Returning Home: Sara Seager’s Quest for New Earths Finds a Canadian Stage
From Global Innovation to a Canadian Homecoming In a field defined by distance—from distant star systems to the equipment that reveals their secrets—Sara Seager is choosing a different kind of voyage: a return to Canada. The renowned exoplanet researcher is stepping back onto Canadian soil to expand her groundbreaking work on identifying habitable worlds beyond…
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Can a Private Space Station Fill the Gap When the ISS Falls in 2030?
The ISS’s Twilight and the Question of Continuity The International Space Station has long been humanity’s, and the world’s, shared laboratory in orbit. Its planned retirement around 2030 raises a fundamental question: who will carry forward the scientific, tech, and educational momentum built over more than two decades? NASA and its international partners envision a…
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PBS 25 Years of ISS with NOVA’s Operation Space Station
PBS Marks a Quarter-Century of the International Space Station On November 5, 2025, PBS invites viewers to dive into a milestone in space exploration: the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS). The public broadcaster continues its long-running collaboration with NOVA to illuminate the ISS’s enduring legacy, the science conducted aboard it, and the…
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Spacewalk Update: Cosmonauts Install High-Tech Space Station Experiment
Spacewalk Highlights: Installing a High-Tech ISS Experiment A recent spacewalk saw a team of cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) reach outside the hull to install a cutting-edge experiment. The operation, conducted under careful planning and meticulous execution, demonstrates the ongoing push to expand science capabilities in microgravity and to validate technologies critical to…
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Mimas Ocean World? Hidden Subsurface Ocean on Saturn Moon
Unveiling a Hidden Ocean Beneath an Icy World Saturn’s small, cratered moon Mimas has long been dismissed as a frozen relic, its surface pockmarked by impact craters. Yet new research using advanced thermal and orbital models is prompting scientists to rethink what lies beneath that battered exterior. The findings point to a plausible, relatively young…
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Space-Awarding Milestone: Sake Brewing Tested on the International Space Station
Overview: A Bold Leap for Sake Brewing In a pioneering collaboration, Dassai Inc., a renowned sake brewer from Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. are preparing to test sake brewing in space. A Japanese H3 rocket will carry ingredients for Dassai sake, along with specially developed brewing equipment, to the International Space Station (ISS).…
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Mars Once Had an Ocean: New Research Builds the Case
New Research Bolsters the Case for an Ancient Martian Ocean Scientists now have stronger evidence that Mars was once a much warmer world with flowing rivers delivering sediment into a northern ocean. Building on decades of Martian geology and terrestrial analogs, researchers from the University of Arkansas argue that features in the Aeolis Dorsa region…
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Are Uranus and Neptune Rock Giants? Reassessing the Ice Giants Label
Rethinking the Ice Giants label For decades, Uranus and Neptune have been classed alongside Jupiter and Saturn as “giants,” but categorized as “ice giants” due to their higher water, ammonia, and methane content relative to the gas giants. A recent study accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics challenges this long-standing framework. A team from…