Revealing the mysteries of the universe

Revealing the mysteries of the universe

Samar Safi-Harb is a professor and Canada research chair in extreme astrophysics, physics and astronomy in the U of M’s faculty of science. “I am a high-energy astrophysicist,” she said, “which means I study the fate of stars after they die, and I study the formation of some of the most exotic objects in the universe, like neutron stars and black holes.” Safi-Harb first developed an interest in physics during high school, initially considering a…