Quirks & Quarkswith Bob McDonald

There's a lot to see in the night's sky this holiday.

Bob McDonald has spent a career following the 40 year trek of the Voyager spacecraft

China's ambitious moon exploration program is taking its next big step

"Space is part of the fabric of Canada," says Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques

Failures at launch, failures in space and crash landings have meant that roughly half the missions to Mars don't succeed, which underlines how hard these efforts are.

A new report details ways local communities can boost their resiliency to extreme weather events

If only cars would run as well as NASA's intrepid robotic explorers like Opportunity, Dawn, and the Kepler Space Telescope

For his entire career Bob McDonald has been reporting on one ever-more-critical story — climate change

Asking humans about what decisions they'd make is the foundation for 'moral machines'

The international space community is mourning the death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who quietly funded the development of private spaceships, the search for intelligent alien civilizations, and conservation programs on Earth.

The end of prohibition opens the door to research to understand this fascinating plant

This time it's not competing nations, but public vs. private space exploration

A new dark sky preserve in Ontario joins dozens worldwide where people can see the light of the universe as it shines on Earth

A Japanese spacecraft is deploying landers on a tiny asteroid — it's harder than it looks.

Bob recounts his visit to some of the sites of the early Soviet space program.

Years of closeness to the sea, the vistas and the wilderness have been transformative

Put away your devices and take the chance to fully appreciate Canada's natural environment

A radio broadcast including his voice and tribute music sent into space

The discovery of organic molecules on Mars is tantalizing — but not proof

When we can't see it or smell it, we too often ignore it