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  • Blazing fireball shatters during plunge from space

    By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, December 08, 2020

    With relatively clear skies at the time, this bright meteor was seen for hundreds of kilometres around. Featuring footage from Western's ASGARD cameras!

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  • Monday night fireball seen over Ottawa

    By Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen, December 08, 2020

    A fireball, now known as Event 20201208-003040, was observed over Ottawa with a steep descent and (relatively) slow velocity of 47,000 km/h.

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  • NewsTalk 610 - Interview with Cole Gregg on Newly Discovered Near-Earth Asteroid

    By Tim Denis, NewsTalk 610 CKTB, November 26, 2020

    MSc Astronomy candidate Cole Gregg discusses newly discovered asteroid on Niagara in the Morning talk radio show with Tim Denis (1:25).

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  • CBC News - Asteroid Sighting Interview with Cole Gregg

    By Carole MacNeil and Johanna Wagstaffe, CBC News Network, November 26, 2020

    CBC interview with MSc Astronomy candidate Cole Gregg discussing his remote discovery of a previously unseen asteroid from a home in Chatham.

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  • Western student spots never-before-seen asteroid

    London Free Press, November 26, 2020

    Cole Gregg, MSc Astronomy candidate, discovered an unknown asteroid through remote access to a Spanish telescope on November 18th

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  • CTV News: Early Morning Fireball

    CTV News, October 05, 2020

    Dr. Denis Vida talks with CTV Toronto about an early morning fireball event. Watch the video today (18:31).

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  • Western News: Western Space team theorizes rare exomoon discovery

    By Jeffery Renaud, Western News, June 23, 2020

    Western astronomers may have spotted six new moons orbiting planets in solar systems far from our own – an otherworldly discovery so rare it must wait on future technologies to confirm. Until then, however, the mere possibility of the find sparks excitement over our biggest questions about the universe.

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  • New York Times: This NASA Mission May Cause an Artificial Meteor Shower

    By Jonathan O'Callaghan, New York Times, May 13, 2020

    A study says the DART mission’s collision with an asteroid near Earth may liberate enough debris to reach Earth’s atmosphere.

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  • Western News: Astronomers detect most energetic outflow from a distant quasar

    By Jason Winders, Western News, April 15, 2020

    Researchers, led by Western University’s Sarah Gallagher, using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind from any quasar ever measured. This outflow, which is travelling at nearly 13% of the speed of light, carries enough energy to dramatically impact star formation across an entire galaxy.

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  • Nature: The discovery of cosmic fullerenes

    By Paul Woods, Nature Astronomy, April 14, 2020

    In 2010, the Spitzer Space Telescope detected evidence of a complex form of carbon that had never been seen in extraterrestrial environments. Jan Cami recounts the discovery of buckminsterfullerene in space.

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  • Science Rendezvous Educates and Entertains

    May 11, 2019

    In 2019, the 3rd annual Science Rendezvous more than 1600 people of all ages attended the free event which included demonstrations, stage shows, and hands-on experiences both in the afternoon and evening, including fireworks with spectroscopy glasses.

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  • Mark Baker is Western's Recipient of the 2019 OUSA Award for Teaching Excellence

    April 09, 2019

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  • Mark Baker wins USC Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

    April 01, 2019

    Physics PhD Candidate and lecturer Mark Baker has been announced as the winner of one of four University Student’s Council Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The annual awards recognize the university's finest instructors, innovative teaching methods and techniques.

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  • Summer Research Fellowship Winners Announced

    March 21, 2019

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  • Call for Applications for the Patrick Whippey Award

    March 14, 2019

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  • Robert Sica shares in CFI-JELF Funding

    March 13, 2019

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  • March Break Open House a Success

    March 09, 2019

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  • International Potluck Lunch a Delicious Success

    November 13, 2018

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  • Sarah Gallagher Named Science Advisor to the Canadian Space Agency

    September 08, 2018

    Professor Sarah Gallagher has been named the Canadian Space Agency's first-ever science advisor. During the two-year appointment, Dr. Gallagher will report directly to Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte, helping shape the future of Canadian space science and promoting space research to inspire the next generation of Canadian space scientists. 

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