Sci-tech
BC reports just a single new case of coronavirus in the province
Just one new COVID-19 case was reported in B.C., and there are now zero cases on Vancouver Island. That's the same total reported yesterday, as the government says one of the cases from yesterday's report was removed due to a data correction. [Full Article...]
Researchers Locate A Feasible Earth-Like Planet Circling A Sun-Like Star
An worldwide research group led by René Heller from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, claims to have found a star-exoplanet pair closely resembling the Sun-Earth system, based on their statistical data analysis. [Full Article...]
Cristobal downgraded to a tropical depression
The highest storm surge with this storm was 5.3 feet in Louisiana and 4.3 feet in Mississippi . The Atlantic hurricane season runs through November 30. Residents were urged to move vehicles, boats and campers to higher ground. At one New Orleans intersection, a handmade "Black Lives Matter" sign, wired to a lampost, rattled in a stiff wind as the crew of a massive vacuum truck worked to u... [Full Article...]
This weekend’s Full Strawberry Moon is an almost-summer treat
Friday's full moon , also known as the strawberry moon , will light up the night sky in most of the Western Hemisphere (including North America), but that's not the case the world over. Although skywatchers in Canada and the USA will miss out on this penumbral lunar eclipse , they'll only have to wait a month to catch the next one. [Full Article...]
NASA orders Lunar Gateway's crew cabin from Northrop Grumman
Gateway helps us figure out how to do that. A subsequent modification will be definitized for the fabrication, assembly, and delivery of the HALO module. The solar-electric PPE would provide Gateway's power and manoeuvring capability. In addition to providing power and communications, its substantial maneuvering capabilities will allow the Gateway to change orbits and enable crews to reach any pa... [Full Article...]
Watch SpaceX and NASA make history
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, thousands jammed surrounding beaches, bridges and towns to watch as SpaceX became the world's first private company to send astronauts into orbit, and ended a nine-year launch drought for NASA. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley listen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks after the crew arrived at the Launch and Landing F... [Full Article...]
Quebec reports eight more COVID-19 deaths, 225 new cases
Quebec's public health authority said 17 of the newly announced deaths occurred prior to May 29. 33 new deaths were recorded, to which are added 17 deaths occurring before May 29, bringing the total to 4,935. The province has reported 18,714 people have recovered from the virus. Officials say the number of hospitalizations dipped by nine to 972, while there were 128 people in intensive care - ... [Full Article...]
May had highest recorded level of atmospheric Carbon dioxide concentrations
The most important of these is, of course, global warming. It was also much warmer than average over western North America, the far north and south of South America, north-western, central and south-western Africa, and south-eastern Asia. [Full Article...]