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Dr. Jason Hunt Awarded 2018 Polanyi Prize in Physics for Mapping the Milky Way Galaxy

Dr. Jason Hunt Awarded 2018 Polanyi Prize in Physics for Mapping the Milky Way Galaxy

Dunlap Fellow Jason Hunt has been awarded the 2018 Polanyi Prize in Physics for his work in mapping the Milky Way Galaxy using the Gaia space telescope.

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Timelapse Shows Twenty-five Years In The Life Of One Of The Most Studied Objects In Astronomy: Supernova 1987a

Timelapse Shows Twenty-five Years In The Life Of One Of The Most Studied Objects In Astronomy: Supernova 1987a

Yvette Cendes, a graduate student with the U of Toronto and Leiden Observatory, has created a time-lapse showing twenty-five years in the life of SN1987A.

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U of T Astronomer Maria Drout Awarded 2018 Arizona State University Postdoctoral Lectureship

U of T Astronomer Maria Drout Awarded 2018 Arizona State University Postdoctoral Lectureship

U of T astronomer, Prof Maria Drout, has added a 2018 Postdoctoral Lectureship Award from Arizona State University to a recent list of honours.

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Astronomers Discover Sonic Boom From Powerful Unseen Explosion

Astronomers Discover Sonic Boom From Powerful Unseen Explosion

Astronomers have detected the sonic boom from an immensely powerful cosmic explosion, even though the explosion itself was totally unseen.

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New Funding Helps U Of T Astronomers Help Students Discover The Universe

New Funding Helps U Of T Astronomers Help Students Discover The Universe

Funding from the PromoScience Program of NSERC and Frederick and Douglas Dickson Memorial Foundation to Discover the Universe.

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U of T Astronomer Maria Drout Wins 2018 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Award

U of T Astronomer Maria Drout Wins 2018 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Award

University of Toronto astronomer, Maria Drout, has received a prestigious 2018 Azrieli Global Scholar Award from CIFAR.

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Carnegie-Dunlap Fellow Maria Drout wins Carnegie Postdoctoral Innovation and Excellence Award

Carnegie-Dunlap Fellow Maria Drout wins Carnegie Postdoctoral Innovation and Excellence Award

NASA Hubble Fellow and Carnegie-Dunlap Fellow Maria Drout has won the Postdoctoral Innovation and Excellence Award from Carnegie Institution for Science..

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Astronomers Observe the Magnetic Field of the Remains of Supernova 1987A

Astronomers Observe the Magnetic Field of the Remains of Supernova 1987A

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of the most studied objects in astronomy: the remains of Supernova 1987A.

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2008 – 2018: The Dunlap Institute Celebrates Ten Years of Astronomical Discovery

2008 – 2018: The Dunlap Institute Celebrates Ten Years of Astronomical Discovery

In May 2018, the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto celebrates its tenth anniversary.

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Astronomers Observe Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From Earth

Astronomers Observe Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From Earth

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.

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