Menu Latest News Interview An Astronomer “In the Innu culture and many cultures in Canada, we come from the stars and we also return to the stars” Astrophysicist Laurie Rousseau-Nepton says her research on how stars form and influence each other over generations is an extension of the knowledge passed down to her by her Innu ancestors. “In
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Born and raised in Toronto, Ian just finished his final year of undergrad at U of T, graduating with an Astronomy and Physics Specialist and a Statistics Major. He worked with Dr. Keir Rogers on a project investigating dark matter as part of SURP this summer.  In his free time, Ian enjoys trivia, baseball, and
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[one_half] [/one_half] Andrew is in his fourth year of undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, specializing in Astronomy and Physics as well as completing a major in mathematics. He was born in Toronto, and moved to Calgary when he was two, but returned in 2020 to pursue his interest in physics at UofT. In
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[one_half] [/one_half] Libertad (Libby) is a fourth-year undergraduate student specializing in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She grew up playing under the rain and mud of her hometown. This exposure to nature led her to develop a deep curiosity and passion for the unknown.  Although she was born in Santa Cruz,
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Ryan is from Windsor, Ontario and just finished his fourth and final year of undergraduate studies at U of T’s David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, specializing in astronomy and physics with a major in physics and minor in math. Outside of work and his studies, Ryan can often be found at home
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Isabella is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying astronomy and physics with a minor in math at the University of Toronto. She grew up in Vancouver, BC and now lives in Toronto. Her passion for astronomy and astrophysics stems from a love of all things sci-fi. Isabella is grateful to have had the opportunity to work
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[one_half] [/one_half] Sophia is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo studying physics and astronomy with a minor in mathematics. Sophia is originally from Oakville, Ontario but has been based in the Kitchener/Waterloo area since the start of their BSc. Recently, Sophia has enjoyed participating in the University of Waterloo’s satellite design team,
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Menu Latest News Interview An Astronomer Sophia Da Costa, a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo, was recently recognized by the Dunlap Institute with the second annual Professor Mercedes T. Richards Award for Excellence in Summer Undergraduate Research. Supervised by Prof. Keith Vanderlinde, Da Costa designed, built and deployed an ultrawide band receiver
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 Earlier this year, astronomers successfully launched a balloon-borne telescope that captured extraordinary images of the Universe on its first flight above the Earth’s atmosphere. The Super Pressure Balloon-Borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was flown to the edge of space by a helium-filled NASA scientific balloon the size of a football stadium, where it also helped
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