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  By Leighton Kitson, Durham University, with notes from Meaghan MacSween, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto   Astronomers have successfully launched a balloon-borne telescope that has begun capturing 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 […]

  On April 8, 2024, the moon will pass in front of the Sun and cast its ethereal shadow onto millions of Canadians. We have one year to prepare for this once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse! Now is the time to consider where you will be on April 8, 2024, if you will travel to view

  By Meaghan MacSween, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto     University of Toronto PhD student Amanda Cook has found a way to use bright signals coming from across the Universe to weigh the atmosphere of the Milky Way galaxy.  The radio signals she used come from the astronomical phenomenon known as

  By David Goldberg, A&S News The Trottier Family Foundation is partnering with Arts & Science to ensure thousands of Canadian children can view the upcoming total solar eclipse safely. An impactful gift of $240,000 from the foundation will help fund Eyes to the Sky: Elevating Astronomy Education in Canada. The initiative is a joint effort

  By Meaghan MacSween, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto   University of Toronto Assistant Professor Maria Drout has been awarded a 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics for her contribution to our understanding of the evolution, influence, and ultimate fate of massive stars. Drout is an Assistant Professor in

  By Meaghan MacSween, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto  Are we alone in the universe?  Scientists may have just moved us closer to answering this question. The team – led by researchers from the University of Toronto – has streamlined the search for extraterrestrial life by using a new algorithm to

  By Chris Sasaki, Arts and Science News Professor of astrostatistics Joshua Speagle, from the Faculty of Arts & Science’s David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the Department of Statistics has won the prestigious Polanyi Prize in physics. The Polanyi Prize is awarded each year to as many as five researchers from

  By Meaghan MacSween, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto University of Toronto Astronomy Professor Roberto Abraham has won the 2023 Jackson-Gwilt Medal for his innovative work on the Dragonfly Telephoto Array. The medal was awarded by the United Kingdom’s Royal Astronomical Society. Abraham is a Professor and Chair of the David A. Dunlap

  University of Toronto undergraduate student Madeline Nardin is the winner of the 2022 Professor Mercedes T. Richards Award for Excellence in summer undergraduate research in astronomy. This is the inaugural year for this award, named after renowned astronomer and U of T alum (PhD 1986) Professor Mercedes T. Richards. The award was created to

  [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] I\’m an Assistant Professor of Astrostatistics jointly appointed between the Department of Statistical Sciences and the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. I moved from the role of Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellow in 2022.  I spent a lot of my childhood shuttling back and forth between the United States and China, splitting my time