Department of Astronomy and Physics

May 29, 2025
Congratulations to all Astronomy & Physics Graduates!
Congratulations to all our Astronomy and Physics students who graduated today! Your success is a proud moment for all of us. An extra shout out to Lucy Pothier-Bogoslowski for being awarded the Governor General’s Silver Medal!

May 22, 2025
Saint Mary’s astrophysics researchers make surprising discovery about supermassive black holes
Dr. Luigi Gallo and postdoc researchers Dr. Yerong Xu and Dr. Adam Gonzalez in the Department of Astronomy and Physics at Saint Mary’s were part of an international research team led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that again published in the journal Nature.

September 6, 2024
Undergraduate students present their research
Students presented their research at the 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium

September 4, 2024
NASA’s Webb Reveals Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark
SMU astronomy team led by Marcin Sawicki discovers lensed 'question mark' galaxy with JWST

February 2, 2024
President’s Award for Excellence in Research: Dr. Luigi Gallo
Dr. Luigi Gallo was honoured at Winter Convocation with the President’s Award for Excellence in Research for his contributions to astrophysics.