In May 2018, the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto celebrates its tenth anniversary.
2008 – 2018: The Dunlap Institute Celebrates Ten Years of Astronomical Discovery Read More »
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.
Astronomers Observe Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From Earth Read More »
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.
How Do You Make A Galaxy Without Dark Matter? Read More »
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has completed a planned major upgrade, making it ten times more sensitive and doubling its ability to resolve detail.
Major Upgrade Increases Power of Radio Telescope to Probe the Universe Read More »
For the first time, astronomers have observed in visible light a cataclysmic cosmic event that generated gravitational waves detected on Earth.
Astronomers First to See Source of Gravitational Waves in Visible Light Read More »
Astronomers from the University of Toronto’s Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics have received $23 million in new funding.
$23 Million in New Funding for Dunlap Institute Astronomers Read More »
A revolutionary Canadian radio telescope called CHIME will tackle major astrophysics and cosmology topics.
Canadian ingenuity crafts game-changing technology for CHIME telescope Read More »
A new Canadian radio telescope is mapping the Universe in 3D, searching for FRBs and clues to Dark Energy.
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.
Record-breaking Galaxy Five Billion Light-Years Away Shows We Live in Magnetic Universe Read More »
An innovative astronomical spectrograph (WIFIS) has achieved “first light.” It was developed by a team including U of Toronto and Dunlap astronomers,
Opening a Wider Window on the Universe Read More »
