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Astronomy

Head space

The Torch

UVic researcher Olav Krigolson is helping NASA study the mental stress of a long space mission to Mars. He'll use portable electroencephalography (EEG) systems in the form of MUSE headbands and PEER research software to monitor the brain activity of crew members.

Driven by curiosity

The Torch

Cambria Logan (BEng ’08) might have never been to space, but her years of hard work helped send the Curiosity Rover on a successful mission to Mars. She led the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was responsible for testing the sampling tools on the end of Curiosity's robotic arm, which landed on Mars in 2012.

Messenger from the early universe

Media release

University of Victoria astronomers are part of an international collaboration to learn about the early universe through a search for ancient stars. The team recently reported on the discovery of one of the most metal-poor stars known, found in our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

Canadian Astronomical Society conference

Media release

Astronomers and educators from across the country are in Victoria to discuss astronomical research in Canada, including Indigenous knowledge of astronomy.

Galaxy cluster could become most massive structure in universe

CBC News

Galaxy cluster could become most massive structure in universe

Unbelievably dense, and forming stars quickly

The Ring

A dense concentration of galaxies recently discovered by a team including numerous UVic researchers is now causing astrophysicists to question our understanding of how structures form in the universe. Their study focuses on a collection of galaxies as they were manifest 12.4 billion years ago.

Partnership between astronomy and tech sector

The Ring

Lung cancer scans and astronomy may not seem like they've got much in common. But a new research and training program at UVic is demonstrating that you just never know where astronomy studies may lead.

Improving drug delivery

The Ring

Four Canadian universities. Eight researchers. One goal: improve the way therapeutic drugs are delivered in the human body while diversifying the skillset of a new generation of researchers to build on that work in the academic and private sectors.

Two of 18 national grants for UVic

Media release

Two major training grants to the University of Victoria totaling $3.3 million will strengthen research collaboration and train a new generation of skilled researchers for Canada's emerging tech sectors in astronomy instrumentation and drug delivery.

Searching for supermassive black hole pairs

The Ring

A team involving University of Victoria astronomer Sara Ellison has discovered an inspired method of finding the elusive pairing of supermassive black holes that mark merging galaxies, a discovery that may provide clues to the future of Earth's own galaxy.

Student observes unprecedented neutron star collision

The Ring

On Aug. 16, while visiting the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, UVic doctoral student Clare Higgs was involved in the observation of the first recorded gravitational wave signature caused by a neutron star collision.

Observation of neutron star collision

Media release

A University of Victoria doctoral student visiting an observatory in Chile unexpectedly became a participant in the observation of the first recorded gravitational wave signature caused by a neutron star collision – a discovery that is transformational to our understanding of the universe.

When galaxies collide

Media release

A UVic astronomer has discovered an inspired method of finding the elusive pairing of supermassive black holes that mark merging galaxies, a discovery that may provide clues to the future of Earth's own galaxy.

Safe eclipse viewing at UVic Observatory

Media release

The University of Victoria is hosting a solar eclipse open house at the Observatory that will allow the public to safely and clearly view the eclipse, the first since 1979 to cast a visible shadow across a band of the North America continent.

Questioning of ninth planet

The Ring

A UVic PhD candidate is garnering international headlines for work that throws cold water on a hot theory about a ninth planet. "It may well turn out that there is another planet out there, but in our survey we find no evidence requiring an extra planet in the outer solar system to explain what we’re seeing."

Oceanographer vies for astronaut spot

Media release

UVic oceanographer Jay Cullen is on the Canadian Space Agency’s recent shortlist to become one of two new Canadian astronauts.

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