The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has captured the most spectacular images of deep space ever – and the imagination of millions around the world – but Western astrophysicists and partners (at home and work) Els Peeters and Jan Cami enjoyed a specia …
Earth occupies what planetary scientists sometimes call the “Goldilocks Zone.” Its distance from the sun means it is neither too hot, nor too cold to support liquid water – a key ingredient for life. Astronomers are perpetually on the lookout for planets that, like...
When the Rosetta spacecraft successfully touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Sept. 30, the news was shared globally via Twitter in dozens of languages. Citizens the world over were engaged by the astronomical achievement, and now the European Space...
Western researchers have released footage of a basketball-sized fireball widely seen by observers throughout southern Ontario early Friday morning, Oct. 7.
Physics and Astronomy professor Shantanu Basu feels the next generation of university graduates should be primed to answer the call for highly educated and creative thinkers to address the challenges facing the developing world. As the former chair of Physics and...
Two professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, joining a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers. Honoured this year are John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, Arts &...
Coming to Western from Germany, Sweden, the United States and across Canada, these new Canada Research Chairs are developing HIV vaccines, improving hearing and movement, learning how and why people migrate and immigrate, and exploring the foundations of physics.
More than 1,000 sky-watchers turned out Sept. 27 at the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory to watch the Moon move completely into the Earth’s shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse. For southwestern Ontario, this was the last chance to observe a total lunar...
As the Moon slides completely into Earth’s shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse – this weekend, Western will host ‘Supermoon Sunday,’ a public viewing and information night during the eclipse, from 8-11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hume Cronyn Memorial...
Giovanni Fanchini knows a ‘golden’ discovery when he finds one. And this may just lead to a more sustainable future. The Physics and Astronomy professor’s research centres on the construction small molecules – each one created from 144 atoms of gold. (For scale,...
New research from Western into the resting state of the brain could lead to better treatment for patients suffering from head injuries.
Six London-based research teams – five based at Western, one at the Lawson Health Research Institute – will share more than $7.4 million from the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure (ORFRI) program to further their discoveries. London North Centre MPP Deb Matthews announced the grants last month at Robarts Research Institute.
Six London-based research teams – five based at Western, one at the Lawson Health Research Institute – will share more than $7.4 million from the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure (ORF-RI) program to further their discoveries. London North Centre MPP Deb Matthews announced the grants this morning at Robarts Research Institute.
Earth occupies what planetary scientists sometimes call the “Goldilocks Zone.” Its distance from the sun means it is neither too hot, nor too cold to support liquid water – a key ingredient for life. Astronomers are perpetually on the lookout for planets that, like...
When the Rosetta spacecraft successfully touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Sept. 30, the news was shared globally via Twitter in dozens of languages. Citizens the world over were engaged by the astronomical achievement, and now the European Space...
Western researchers have released footage of a basketball-sized fireball widely seen by observers throughout southern Ontario early Friday morning, Oct. 7.
Physics and Astronomy professor Shantanu Basu feels the next generation of university graduates should be primed to answer the call for highly educated and creative thinkers to address the challenges facing the developing world. As the former chair of Physics and...
Two professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, joining a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers. Honoured this year are John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, Arts &...
Coming to Western from Germany, Sweden, the United States and across Canada, these new Canada Research Chairs are developing HIV vaccines, improving hearing and movement, learning how and why people migrate and immigrate, and exploring the foundations of physics.
More than 1,000 sky-watchers turned out Sept. 27 at the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory to watch the Moon move completely into the Earth’s shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse. For southwestern Ontario, this was the last chance to observe a total lunar...
As the Moon slides completely into Earth’s shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse – this weekend, Western will host ‘Supermoon Sunday,’ a public viewing and information night during the eclipse, from 8-11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hume Cronyn Memorial...
Giovanni Fanchini knows a ‘golden’ discovery when he finds one. And this may just lead to a more sustainable future. The Physics and Astronomy professor’s research centres on the construction small molecules – each one created from 144 atoms of gold. (For scale,...
New research from Western into the resting state of the brain could lead to better treatment for patients suffering from head injuries.
Six London-based research teams – five based at Western, one at the Lawson Health Research Institute – will share more than $7.4 million from the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure (ORFRI) program to further their discoveries. London North Centre MPP Deb Matthews announced the grants last month at Robarts Research Institute.
Six London-based research teams – five based at Western, one at the Lawson Health Research Institute – will share more than $7.4 million from the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure (ORF-RI) program to further their discoveries. London North Centre MPP Deb Matthews announced the grants this morning at Robarts Research Institute.