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Keeping an eye on the far side of the moon
While human missions to the moon will be facing Earth, on the other side of the moon, completely hidden from view, there will be a plethora of robots silently peering out to the edge of the universe and back to find out how it all began.
Radio Quirks & Quarks January 23
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Bob McDonald’s Top 10 Science Stories of 2025
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks January 2
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25 years ago, we imagined what science would be like in 2025. What we got right — and wrong
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks December 26, 2025
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One 'light day' for Voyager 1, a half a lifetime for this science journalist
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks December 19, 2025
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The 'Internet of Animals' has new eyes in space to soon track wildlife from above
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks December 5, 2025
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After 10 years of delay, the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope may finally get built — in Spain
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks November 28, 2025

ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 25, 2025

Spacecraft designed to study the effect of solar storms delayed by a solar storm

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 14, 2025

How NASA’s proposed budget cuts could threaten the future of space exploration

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 7, 2025

Mars spacecraft observed this interstellar comet — and no, it's not an alien spaceship

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 17, 2025

50 Years of Quirks & Quarks and half a century of science

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 10, 2025

More evidence of life on Mars but still no life

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 3, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

After 10 years of gravitational wave astronomy, what will be the next new eye on the cosmos?

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 12, 2025

Science isn't just done in labs. Sometimes you need to get your hands dirty to learn

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 5, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

10 unsolved mysteries in science

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 13, 2025

Analysis: Bob's Blog

Canada's first person in space, Marc Garneau — and a privileged journalist who knew him

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 6, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

Clearest images of sun's atmosphere yet show coronal rain and dancing plasma

Radio Quirks & Quarks May 30, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

With uncertainty around life on Mars, human visits present an ethical dilemma

Radio Quirks & Quarks May 23, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

Russian spacecraft expected to survive death plunge to Earth later this week

Radio Quirks & Quarks May 5, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

Does ELIZA, the first chatbot created 60 years ago, hold lessons for modern AI?

Radio Quirks & Quarks February 18, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

Falling space debris could increasingly affect airline traffic, research finds

Radio Quirks & Quarks February 7, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

Stunning photo mosaic of neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy captures the glow of 200 million stars

Radio Quirks & Quarks January 27, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

Kissing moons may explain why Earth's moon is so large

Radio Quirks & Quarks January 13, 2025

Analysis: Bob's blog

How quickly is the universe expanding? Astronomers and theorists can't agree

Radio Quirks & Quarks December 13, 2024

Analysis: Bob's blog

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA probe to Saturn's largest moon

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 29, 2024

Analysis: Bob's Blog

Astronaut brain fog known as the 'space stupids' not so bad after return to Earth, study suggests

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 22, 2024