A Newfoundland and Labrador astrophysicist taking her love of space and aiming for the stars. And for me, there's just something fundamental about how we are a very small part of the universe,” she told CBC Radio’s The St. John’s Morning Show. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementO'Grady is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics in Pittsburgh. As part of her work, O’Grady uses archival telescope data or takes data from telescopes to try to understand what is happening to stars. She added she works in tandem with theoretical astrophysicists who use equations of the physical world and computer simulations to better understand how stars work.

Source: CBC News April 04, 2026 08:49 UTC