Physics and Astronomy - Western University

Science Rendezvous 2019
Undergradute Honours Thesis Presentations
Mark Baker is Western's Recipient of the 2019 OUSA Award for Teaching Excellence
Summer Research Fellowship Winner Announced

Student team takes research to new heights
Graduate students Mohammed Chamma (Physics & Astronomy), Matthew Svensson (Earth Sciences) and Alexis Pascual (Engineering) are part of the Western student-led High Altitude Balloon (HAB) Initiative that launched a vehicle from the Canadian Space Agency’s stratospheric balloon base in Timmins, Ont., in August.
Western Researchers Hope to Get Meteorites from Fireball that Fell to Earth Wednesday
Western researchers hope people near Bancroft, south of Algonquin Provincial Park, will keep their eyes open for fragments of a fireball that entered the Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday.
Where Do Supermassive Black Holes Come From?
A pair of researchers at Western University in Ontario, Canada, developed their model by looking at quasars, which are supermassive black holes.