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News Highlights
‘Zero chance’ infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , March 04, 2024Western astronomer calculates paths of all known asteroids to rule out planetary impact
Zombie star earns metal scar while chewing its own planets: 'Nothing like this has been seen before'
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Robert Lea ,Space.com , February 26, 2024"It is well known that some white dwarfs — slowly cooling embers of stars like our sun — are cannibalizing pieces of their planetary systems."
One oceans' worth of water destroyed every month in Orion Nebula, researchers say
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Ashley Hyshka ,CTV News London , February 25, 2024An international team of astrophysicists, including from London, Ont.’s Western University, are using the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal the destruction of one oceans’ worth of water every month in a planetary nursery in the Orion Nebula.
This made-in-LaSalle, Ont., machine is being built to go to Mars
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Kathleen Saylors ,CBC News Windsor , February 23, 2024The project is a collaboration between Western University and Proto Manufacturing in LaSalle
Expert insight: Extreme environments coded into genomes of extremophiles
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Kathleen A. Hill, Western University, and Lila Kari, University of Waterloo ,Western News , February 23, 2024Genome of organisms living in extreme conditions reveal information about type of environment they thrive in
Odysseus lander reaches lunar surface, marking first moon landing for U.S. in half a century with private spacecraft
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Ivan Semeniuk ,Globe and Mail , February 22, 2024The landing of Odysseus “is incredibly exciting, as it opens the door to an entirely new way of doing lunar science,” Dr. Osinski told The Globe
New Study Looks at Smaller Nuclear Reactors
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Colin Butler ,CBC Afternoon Drive , February 16, 2024A new study at Western University is looking into the production and storage of fuel for small modular nuclear reactors. Host Colin Butler speaks to Samantha Gateman, an assistant professor of chemistry.
Saturn’s largest moon most likely non-habitable: Western study
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , February 14, 2024Astrobiologist Catherine Neish finds Titan may not have enough amino acids for life to emerge
1 in 5 migratory species at risk of extinction, UN report says
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Ara Garan ,CBC The National , February 12, 2024A new United Nations report says that almost half of the world's migratory animals are in decline and that many birds and fish are at risk of extinction.
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