...where the Universe is our laboratory.
The Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics (WCA) looks to the cosmos to solve the greatest mysteries of the universe. Here, world-class researchers and students come together in an atmosphere of curiosity, creativity and collaboration; exploring our cosmic origin to truly understand the physical processes at work in the Universe. From black holes to cosmology, we aim to understand what lies beyond the Earth. The possibilities for new discovery are limitless.
News
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow joins Waterloo to advance exoplanet research
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Emily Deibert has joined the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics to advance research on planets beyond our solar system.
Will Percival receives New Frontiers in Research funding
Will Percival has been awarded funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2025 Exploration Competition for research into Dark Energy. Over the next two years, Percival and his interdisciplinary team will adapt methodological expertise from the fields of biostatistics and computational statistics and apply these tools to cosmological data.
Exploration grants through the NFRF are intended to support high-risk, high-reward research. They support projects that push boundaries into new and exciting areas by bringing disciplines together and exploring new concepts that, while bold, have potential for significant impact.
A special birthday gift
On April 30, residents of Luther Village on the Park stepped into the cosmos without leaving home. The retirement home hosted the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics (WCA) to an afternoon that paired cutting-edge astrophysics with an immersive journey through space inside Waterloo’s portable planetarium, the Astro-Bubble.
Events
Astronomy on Tap - Owen Lammert and Liza Sazonova
At Astronomy on Tap this month, we'll be hearing all about the James Webb Space Telescope -- Owen Lammert will talk about studying the atmospheres of molten lava planets with JWST, and Liza Sazonova will talk about "little red dots" and "black hole stars", some of the most distant, extreme objects in our Universe.