A bright fireball was observed by a network of all-sky cameras across southern Ontario at 11:37pm on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have …
Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
Western crew preps Space Station-bound astronaut for Ax-1 mission
Learning about Earth to ‘make it better’ aim of crew member Mark Pathy
Astrophysicists count down days ‘til telescope launch
Western Space scientists will be among the first to use $11B James Webb telescope
Western Space educator’s book inspires kids
New science book by Parshati Patel is a blast into vast space
Sarah Gallagher takes helm at Western Space
New director shares vision for interdisciplinary space research collaboration
Astronaut training mission lands in Labrador
Western Space director preps future astronauts for next lunar expedition
Videos of cosmic proportions
Western leads global project observing rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
Space grant helps Western expand Moon research
The investment will add to our understanding of the Moon’s geology and geophysics, in advance of plans to land a rover on the Moon within five years.
Western summer camps for kids return online
Variety of virtual offerings for school-aged children in July and August
‘Perseverance’ pays off for Western Space alumnus
Western alumnus Raymond Francis serves as an engineer on NASA’s science operations team for the Perseverance rover, which is set to land in Jezero crater on Mars.
Project mines new frontiers in outer-space law
Science is outpacing policies for responsible resource extraction in space.
Year in review: Western Space looking for life in all the right places
In its first full year, Western Space explored, discovered, dreamed – and became recognized as one of the leading authorities for all things terrestrial and extra-.
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’ surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice -not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought – a new Western-led study shows.
Western crew preps Space Station-bound astronaut for Ax-1 mission
Learning about Earth to ‘make it better’ aim of crew member Mark Pathy
Astrophysicists count down days ‘til telescope launch
Western Space scientists will be among the first to use $11B James Webb telescope
Western Space educator’s book inspires kids
New science book by Parshati Patel is a blast into vast space
Sarah Gallagher takes helm at Western Space
New director shares vision for interdisciplinary space research collaboration
Astronaut training mission lands in Labrador
Western Space director preps future astronauts for next lunar expedition
Videos of cosmic proportions
Western leads global project observing rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
Space grant helps Western expand Moon research
The investment will add to our understanding of the Moon’s geology and geophysics, in advance of plans to land a rover on the Moon within five years.
Western summer camps for kids return online
Variety of virtual offerings for school-aged children in July and August
‘Perseverance’ pays off for Western Space alumnus
Western alumnus Raymond Francis serves as an engineer on NASA’s science operations team for the Perseverance rover, which is set to land in Jezero crater on Mars.
Project mines new frontiers in outer-space law
Science is outpacing policies for responsible resource extraction in space.
Year in review: Western Space looking for life in all the right places
In its first full year, Western Space explored, discovered, dreamed – and became recognized as one of the leading authorities for all things terrestrial and extra-.
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’ surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice -not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought – a new Western-led study shows.