Science

The largest astronomical image ever made is so big we can’t even show it here. Astronomers have created the largest astronomy photo ever created – a monstrous, eye-melting image of our own Milky Way, with 46 billion pixels.

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Vancouver Aquarium are using drone technology to monitor the health of endangered killer whales as the onset of a warmer climate pattern may threaten their food sources. The hexacopter weighs about 4.5 pounds and has a 30 inch wingspan. It carries a special camera system and is extremely quiet, allowing …

Researchers say they have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific. The discovery of the new species, detailed in a study reported (Oct. 21) in the journal “PLOS ONE,” is likely to help focus attention on the newly named Eastern Santa Cruz Tortoise (Chelonoidis donfaustoi), said Dr. James Gibbs, a team member and …

A chance to stand face-to-face with bugs, handle the creepy crawlers and even munch on them is available to visitors to the Canadian Museum’s of Nature’s new exhibition Bugs: Outside the Box, whic. “There are lots of insects out there that are important parts of eco-systems and they’re beautiful creatures,” said Robert Anderson, the museum’s resident beetle expert who helped …

When you think of bacteria, you don’t usually think of art. In this case, though, one microbiologist has created Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” in petri dishes with the help of bacteria. Melanie Sullivan’s recreation of the painting, however, is not made with paint. Rather, it was drawn with a substance not really (ever) used for illustrating: bacteria.

A pair of local shipwreck hunters are showing off their latest discovery, made this summer in Lake Ontario. It is the latest find by Jim Kennard and Roger Pawlowski, without question the most accomplished shipwreck sleuths in western New York. The two Rochester-area men have used sophisticated sonar technology, remote-operated underwater vehicles and teams of divers to locate a sunken …

A skyscraper-sized asteroid will fly by Earth on Halloween, according to scientists, who say that the object was only discovered 10 days ago. The rock, named NEO 2015 TB 145, was first spotted on October 10 by a group of astronomers using the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. The asteroid measures 280 to 620 metres in diameter, making it about the …

A Nova Scotia landmark changed dramatically overnight Monday as the power of Mother Nature collapsed the sea arch on Long Island in the Minas Basin. “I just looked out this morning and it’s collapsed,” said Harold Nesbitt, a local resident whose home looks out over the basin and Long Island.

Climate change has added billions to the toll of hurricane strikes on the U.S., according to a study that challenges the prevailing scientific view that the rising cost is mainly because more buildings, towns and businesses are in the way. “The rise in losses is consistent with an influence of global warming on the number and intensity of hurricanes, an …

Yellow bellied sea snakes have been spotted off Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard, likely due to the warming temperatures from climate change and the anticipated El Niño, an environmental group announced Friday. KTLA reported Friday that one yellow-bellied sea snake “was recently spotted at Silver Strand Beach near Oxnard,” and noted another incident in which the man who found the …

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is breaking records with his extended stay on the International Space Station. As of Friday, the U.S. astronaut and badass has spent a total of 383 days in outer space over the course of four missions. That’s more than any other American ever.