2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (144+ words) Published 11:46 am Friday, August 28, 2026 A partial eclipse rising over Greater Victoria inspired residents to get out in the dark and capture the scene Thursday (Aug. 28) evening. Also called a blood moon, a lunar eclipse happens when Earth moves directly between…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (216+ words) Published 10:09 am Friday, August 14, 2026 Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue is praising a well-prepared family after spending an evening watching falling stars with a patient. The SAR team was called out Wednesday for a person who broke their leg falling…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (554+ words) Published 1:00 pm Saturday, June 20, 2026 Astrophysicist Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette, the only outreach scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope in Canada, will be travelling to Nanaimo to discuss the advanced telescope, the search for alien worlds and her research on galaxy…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (369+ words) Published 10:00 am Thursday, May 28, 2026 In partnership with the Nanaimo Astronomy Society, the City of Nanaimo has launched a new dark-sky viewing pilot project at Piper’s Lagoon Park. (Courtesy of City of Nanaimo) The City of Nanaimo has launched a new…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (795+ words) Published 5:30 am Saturday, May 23, 2026 There has been no definitive signs of extraterrestrial life found in the universe to date, but many scientists believe that if there is life out there, we may be getting closer to detecting its signature on…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (119+ words) Published 10:17 am Wednesday, April 29, 2026 A fireball lights up the sky over a Victoria highway shortly after midnight Wednesday, April 29. (Courtesy of Reddit user Ceedaizy) A bright flash had all eyes turning to the sky across Greater Victoria. Reddit user ceedaizy…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (510+ words) Published 5:30 am Tuesday, April 21, 2026 A talk on alien life and the search for it will be taking place in Nanaimo. Jon Willis, University of Victoria professor of physics and astronomy, will be presenting his talk The Pale Blue Data Point:…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (256+ words) Published 5:20 am Sunday, April 12, 2026 The Hubble Space Telescope drifts over Earth after its release in 2009 by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The crew had performed all planned tasks during the fifth astronaut visit to the telescope. (NASA) Those…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (674+ words) Published 5:45 am Saturday, April 4, 2026 I remember on July 20, 1969, when astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the surface of the moon; the first human in the history of our species to do so. I was just five-years-old at the time but,…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (193+ words) Published 10:10 am Tuesday, March 24, 2026 University of British Columbia students will be getting a line directly to outer space on Thursday when Jessica Meir, a school alumna and astronaut, will answer questions live from the International Space Station. Meir is the…...