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Sciences

Astronomy

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Learn the basics of astronomy

• Getting started in astronomy
• Download the CSA's Star-finder (PDF document, 425 KB)
• How to build your star-finder (Word document, 32 KB)

Current missions

• The Herschel Space Observatory
• The Planck Space Telescope: Surveying the Sky
• MOST – A tiny satellite probes the mysteries of the universe

Future space telescopes

• NEOSSat: Canada's sentinel in the skies
• James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble
• ASTROSAT: Unusual celestial objects need special detectors
• BRITE Constellation: A fleet of nanosatellites to study the brightest stars in the night sky
• Astro-H: Canada Partners on Upcoming Japanese X-ray Space Observatory

Past missions

• BLAST Mission
• Illuminating some mysteries of the cosmos with FUSE