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 …
Astrobiologist alumna Alexandra Pontefract, PhD’13 (Geology), knows finding DNA on the Red Planet will be no easy feat. But it is possible. What’s more, if DNA is found, it’s not far-fetched to think it would be proof of shared ancestry between Earth and Mars. “There...
How will we remember 2015? Probably through one or more of these faces. Join us in this spotlight, in brief words and striking images, of some of our favourites from the last year.
Growing up watching Star Trek, Tanya Harrison wanted to be like Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott from the original series or Geordi La Forge from The Next Generation. And, in a roundabout way, she’s working on this intergalactic dream.
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...
David Saint-Jacques calls it the perfect training scenario. This year was the fourth consecutive year Western’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) worked with the Canadian Space Agency to provide training in field geology – not only to students, but...
A new study from Western explores the possibility that Earth’s earliest life forms may have been cultivated by a meteorite impact event.
Call it a new era in the ‘space race.’
Western Geology/Planetary Science graduate students Tanya Harrison, Cassandra Marion and Annemarie Pickersgill have been named among 15 international winners of the sixth Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Career Development Award.
The Government of Canada launched a new study today to identify the cause of the so-called ‘Windsor Hum,’ which will be conducted, in part, by renowned Western University astronomer Peter Brown.
As Western prepares to welcome delegates from academia, industry and government next week for the 2012 Canadian Space Summit, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) official says thanks to scientists and researchers, like those affiliated with the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), Canada is well positioned to remain a major player on the global stage.
In advance of the 2012 Canadian Space Summit, Western professors Gordon Osinski, Peter Brown and Phil Stooke speak about Canada’s – and the world’s – next steps into the final frontier.
Western Worlds is getting to be a crowded place. And Western’s Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration (CPSX) couldn’t be prouder.