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Astronomers detect a radio “heartbeat” billions of light-years from Earth

  The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.   By Jennifer Chu (MIT News Office), with notes from Meaghan MacSween Along with collaboration partners, astronomers at the Dunlap Institute and the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics have detected a strange and persistent radio signal

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U of T Astro July Grad Student of the Month: Ariel Amaral

  [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] Ariel is a fifth-year PhD student at the University of Toronto. She works under the supervision of Professor Bryan Gaensler, and her thesis focuses on extra–galactic magnetic fields – from active galactic nuclei (AGN) to the intergalactic medium. Born and raised in Toronto (go Leafs go!), she received her Honours Bachelor of

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SURP Student Spotlight: Jinoo Kim

  [one_half]   [/one_half] Jinoo is originally from Seoul, Korea, and moved to British Columbia 10 years ago. About five years ago, he arrived at the University of Toronto. This summer, he completed an undergrad specialist degree at the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Astronomy and Physics, and will be graduating.  [bra_border_divider top=\’15\’ bottom=\’15\’][one_half] What

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U of T Astro June Grad Student of the Month: Jennifer Scora

  [one_half] [/one_half] Jennifer is a fifth year PhD student at the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, studying the formation of exoplanets. She received an Honours Arts & Science and Physics degree from McMaster University, where she participated in research projects on stellar formation and stellar clusters. [bra_border_divider top=\’15\’

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SURP Student Spotlight: Robin (Yunfei) Wen

    [one_half]   [/one_half] Robin Wen is originally from Xi’an, China, and he moved to Saskatoon, SK when he was 16. He just completed his undergraduate studies majoring in mathematical physics and statistics at the University of Waterloo. During his time in Waterloo, he conducted research in cosmology and quantum information.[bra_border_divider top=\’15\’ bottom=\’15\’][one_half] What

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