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2008 – 2018: The Dunlap Institute Celebrates Ten Years of Astronomical Discovery

2008 – 2018: The Dunlap Institute Celebrates Ten Years of Astronomical Discovery

In May 2018, the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto celebrates its tenth anniversary.

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Astronomers Observe Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From Earth

Astronomers Observe Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From Earth

A team of astronomers from the University of Toronto has made one of the highest resolution observations ever, of a pulsar a 6500 light-years away.

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How Do You Make A Galaxy Without Dark Matter?

How Do You Make A Galaxy Without Dark Matter?

A team, including astronomers from the University of Toronto and Yale University, has discovered a unique galaxy—the first of its kind—that appears to contain virtually no dark matter.

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Major Upgrade Increases Power of Radio Telescope to Probe the Universe

Major Upgrade Increases Power of Radio Telescope to Probe the Universe

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has completed a planned major upgrade, making it ten times more sensitive and doubling its ability to resolve detail.

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Astronomers First to See Source of Gravitational Waves in Visible Light

Astronomers First to See Source of Gravitational Waves in Visible Light

For the first time, astronomers have observed in visible light a cataclysmic cosmic event that generated gravitational waves detected on Earth.

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$23 Million in New Funding for Dunlap Institute Astronomers

$23 Million in New Funding for Dunlap Institute Astronomers

Astronomers from the University of Toronto’s Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics have received $23 million in new funding.

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Canadian ingenuity crafts game-changing technology for CHIME telescope

Canadian ingenuity crafts game-changing technology for CHIME telescope

A revolutionary Canadian radio telescope called CHIME will tackle major astrophysics and cosmology topics.

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Canadian Science Minister installs the final piece of Canada’s newest and largest radio telescope

Canadian Science Minister installs the final piece of Canada’s newest and largest radio telescope

A new Canadian radio telescope is mapping the Universe in 3D, searching for FRBs and clues to Dark Energy.

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Record-breaking Galaxy Five Billion Light-Years Away Shows We Live in Magnetic Universe

Record-breaking Galaxy Five Billion Light-Years Away Shows We Live in Magnetic Universe

A team of astronomers has observed the magnetic field of a galaxy five billion light-years from Earth, providing insight into how magnetism in the Universe formed and evolved.

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Opening a Wider Window on the Universe

Opening a Wider Window on the Universe

An innovative astronomical spectrograph (WIFIS) has achieved “first light.” It was developed by a team including U of Toronto and Dunlap astronomers,

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