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Through the Telescope

4 Stories:

A cartoon image of an astronaut standing on the surface of Enceladus looking at a water geyser.

Sports & Gaming

Astronaut fantasies are part of my job description

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

As the Science Advisor for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, I get to work on some really fun projects. Recently, I helped out with the science behind a space-themed video game we just released on the Nintendo Switch called StarBlox Inc (you didn’t know that museums made video games? We do! We’re cool like that...check out our games and apps).

a scientist in clean-room clothing holding a CCD sensor that was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope

Engineering & Technology

The untold story behind your smartphone camera

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

[A shorter version of this article was originally written for Space Matters] As a planet we take a lot of pictures. Like… A LOT a lot. Estimates are in and around the 1-trillion-per-year mark, the vast majority of which are taken by smartphones. Every day, millions of people are taking pictures with an ease that was unprecedented even 20 years ago. And one of the biggest reasons why this is so easy now is because space scientists invested in charge-coupled device (CCD) technology decades ago

A group of people looking up at the night sky.

The Death of Stars

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Question: Are the stars that I look at in the night sky already dead? Answer: That’s a great question! I get this question often, and what I love about it is the person asking can feel the immensity of the Universe. The question is rooted in the feeling that the stars are at such incredible distances that in the time it takes the light to get to our eyes, the star could have already died. A question like that packs in curiosity for, and awe of, the natural world. The answer, well, it depends on

An artists impression of the Cassini spacecraft above Saturn

Understanding Saturn, its rings, and its moons: The Cassini-Huygens Mission

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is a dual orbiter (Cassini) and lander (Huygens) currently orbiting Saturn. It launched from Cape Canaveral on October 15, 1997, entered orbit around Saturn on the July 1, 2004, and has been studying the Saturnian system ever since. After two mission extensions, and a grand total of almost 13 years orbiting the giant gas planet, Cassini-Huygens’ mission is now coming to a close. The European Space Agency (ESA) built and operated the Huygens lander, which flew with

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