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 …
Physics and Astronomy
Three Western researchers named Distinguished University Professors
Award recognizes careers of excellence in teaching, research, leadership
Sarah Gallagher takes helm at Western Space
New director shares vision for interdisciplinary space research collaboration
Nuclear waste-storage research gets $3.3M grant
Western scientists engage with best international minds to ensure safe storage of used nuclear fuel
Forecast perfect for ‘mythic’ Perseid meteor spectacle
Impending new moon arrival clears skies for viewing celestial event
Seeking out suspended smoke
Lidar network has potential to track wildfire pollutants across the continent
Videos of cosmic proportions
Western leads global project observing rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
Xenon-aided MRIs snap sharper images of lungs
An innovative study shows the inert gas has potential to revolutionize the detection of lung ailments
Research sheds light on origins, age of massive impact crater
The Hiawatha crater could be young – as craters go – having formed between 11,700 and 2.6 million years ago
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.
Scientist set to explore massive stars with NASA telescope
An international team, including Western Space scientist Els Peeters, will use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the Orion Bar.
Western fireball trackers play key role in important meteorite discovery
Western’s Denis Vida helped guide recovery of an extremely rare meteorite this week using Global Meteor Network, a world-wide camera collaboration he coordinates.
Did meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond?
What if impact craters, long seen as harbingers of death, turned out to be the cradle of life? A new study co-authored at Western suggests we rethink the origins of life on Earth.
Three Western researchers named Distinguished University Professors
Award recognizes careers of excellence in teaching, research, leadership
Sarah Gallagher takes helm at Western Space
New director shares vision for interdisciplinary space research collaboration
Nuclear waste-storage research gets $3.3M grant
Western scientists engage with best international minds to ensure safe storage of used nuclear fuel
Forecast perfect for ‘mythic’ Perseid meteor spectacle
Impending new moon arrival clears skies for viewing celestial event
Seeking out suspended smoke
Lidar network has potential to track wildfire pollutants across the continent
Videos of cosmic proportions
Western leads global project observing rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
Xenon-aided MRIs snap sharper images of lungs
An innovative study shows the inert gas has potential to revolutionize the detection of lung ailments
Research sheds light on origins, age of massive impact crater
The Hiawatha crater could be young – as craters go – having formed between 11,700 and 2.6 million years ago
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.
Scientist set to explore massive stars with NASA telescope
An international team, including Western Space scientist Els Peeters, will use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the Orion Bar.
Western fireball trackers play key role in important meteorite discovery
Western’s Denis Vida helped guide recovery of an extremely rare meteorite this week using Global Meteor Network, a world-wide camera collaboration he coordinates.
Did meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond?
What if impact craters, long seen as harbingers of death, turned out to be the cradle of life? A new study co-authored at Western suggests we rethink the origins of life on Earth.