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50th Anniversary: Kamloops man played key role in putting first man on the moon
KAMLOOPS – As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of man’s landing on the moon,…
Starfleet insignia from Star Trek appears on Mars
Is Starfleet sending a message from Mars? NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped an image of…
First day of winter will have full moon and meteor shower
The shortest day of the year comes with some reasons to look up into the…
Why Mars looks brighter in the night sky
Stargazers are in for a treat tonight. Mars will appear brighter and bigger in our…
First supermoon in January a Full Wolf Moon
New Year’s Eve revellers will be able to howl at the Full Wolf Moon as…
Keep your eyes to the sky tonight for a peak at meteor shower
If the clouds part so you can see it, the annual Geminid meteor shower will…
Meteor shower peaks this weekend over the Interior
The Orionid meteor shower will light up the night sky tonight, Oct. 20, and tomorrow…
Blue moon to look out over B.C. this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The term ‘once in a blue moon’ will take on a slightly different…
Meteor shower could light up the Southern Interior sky tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With skies expected to be clear across the region tonight you may be…
Eclipse will create a moon shadow visible over B.C. this week
PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE WILL DARKEN MOON THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – B.C. is one of the few North…
Christmas wish list: Auroras, full moons and meteor showers
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The next two weeks could be everything you wished for if sky watching is at the top of your Christmas list. The northern lights seem to have been making a lot more appearances this year, and another storm is expected to hit Earth this week, as early as this evening. Unfortunately Environment Canada...
Meteor shower peaks over the Southern Interior this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If clouds part enough tonight you may be able to get a glimpse of the Orionid meteor shower as it peaks early Thursday morning. The Orionid meteor shower, which is formed from the debris of Halley’s comet, is known for producing bright and quick meteors. This meteor shower runs throughout October and into...
Don’t wait, now is the time to see the Perseids meteor shower
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Mother nature will be mooning this year’s Perseid meteor shower casting enough light to wash out faint meteors, but there’s a way around this rude interruption in order to make the best of the situation. Don’t wait until the August 11-13 peak. Get out there now. The Delta Aquariids reached their peak in...
Winfield man’s last four months were out of this world
EARTH - A Lake Country man has been to Mars — the simulated version anyway. Ross Lockwood, a PhD candidate in condensed matter physics at the University of Alberta, hails from Winfield but has spent the last four months in a NASA built simulation centre on the slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii....
Meteor shower to peak early next week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Grab a date, a blanket and a bottle of wine and prepare to spend a night gazing up at the sky during the peak of a month-long meteor shower early next week. The Delta Aquarids meteor shower runs annually from July 12 to Aug. 23 and this year the peak will occur in...
New meteor shower to put on a show tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A new meteor shower is set to light up the sky around midnight on Friday and predictions are it could be quite the show. NASA says the shower could rival the well-known Perseids meteor shower that happens in August, even though no one has ever seen the Camelopardalids before. The Camelopardalids are caused...