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  The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics is pleased to announce a successful start to its astronomical instrumentation summer school. Early Monday afternoon, the 2021 Dunlap Instrumentation Virtual Summer School kicked off with a greeting from Dunlap Institute’s Acting Director and Professor Suresh Sivanandam. “The Dunlap Summer School is the largest event offered by […]

  They may not look like much — just metal disks 80 centimetres (30 inches) across with some etched markings and hundreds of small holes — but round aluminum “plates” like this one from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have been vital to mapping our Universe for more than 20 years. “The large number

  A U of T graduate student has discovered that the largest magnetic fields in the Universe are weaker than a fridge magnet – in fact, about three billion times weaker. PhD student Ariel Amaral from the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the University of Toronto has led a team of researchers that

  The Royal Astronomical Society has awarded its 2020 Michael Penston Thesis Prize to University of Toronto Astronomer Dr. Jennifer Chan. A Postdoctoral Fellow at The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and an Associate at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chan’s research focuses on ionization and magnetism – aiming to understand how

  Observations quadruple the number of known radio bursts and reveal two types: one-offs and repeaters. Written by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office To catch sight of a fast radio burst is to be extremely lucky in where and when you point your radio dish. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are oddly bright flashes of

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  –  The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics and Discover the Universe have been working on sharing educational information and safety glasses in preparation for the June 10, 2021 Solar Eclipse. An Annular Solar Eclipse will take place in the early morning hours of June 10, and is best viewed in

  A University of Toronto graduate student is using artificial intelligence to solve one of the biggest technical challenges in astronomy. Robin Swanson – a PhD student in U of T’s Department of Computer Science and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics – is applying artificial intelligence to astronomical instrumentation in order to correct

  A University of Toronto PhD student has led the discovery of a population of a rare type of star – research that can help us to better understand what types of stars explode, and could potentially expand our understanding of the contents of the Universe. Anna O’Grady –  an astronomy PhD student in the

  Are we alone in the Universe? A new international space mission involving one U of T astronomer may help us get closer to finding out. University of Toronto CLTA Assistant Professor Hilding Neilson has joined the Exoplanet Survey Science Team of the Twinkle Space Mission – a privately funded, seven-year mission that uses a

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  (March 12, 2021) – Professor Renée Hložek has been awarded the Harvey B. Richer Gold Medal for her contributions to astronomy. The Richer Medal is awarded every second year by the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) in recognition of significant and sustained early career research within the field. Hložek, an Assistant Professor at