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CHIME radio telescope collaboration wins Brockhouse Canada Prize
A cross-Canada collaboration including the University of Toronto has won the prestigious Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering from the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a groundbreaking radio telescope — one of the most novel and…
Professor Ue-Li Pen awarded 2022 Class of Fellows to the Royal Society of Canada
Ue-Li Pen is professor in the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and a theoretical astrophysicist whose work often extends beyond traditional boundaries. He has contributed to the rapidly growing field of 21-cm cosmology, culminating in Canada’s preeminent astronomical achievements of the last decade, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment…
First-ever image of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
This week, astronomers revealed the first image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy not so far, far away — our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
Scientists had previously seen stars orbiting around something invisible, compact, and very massive at the centre of the Milky Way. Known as Sagittarius A* or Sgr A*, this object was strongly believed to be a black hole.
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CHIME Outrigger telescopes boost search for fast radio bursts
A decade of fearless innovation is opening a new window to the universe
– Prof. Ue-Li Pen, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
In the quest to identify the origins of one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries – fast radio bursts (FRBs) – Canada’s world-renowned telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), is getting backup.
Supported by…
Astronomers turn robotic eyes on our cosmic home, the Milky Way Galaxy
Thanks to a breakthrough robotic innovation, an international collaboration which includes the University of Toronto has advanced the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), a 20-year-long research project that has been investigating the structure and evolution of our cosmic home, the Milky Way Galaxy.
A new Focal Plane System (FPS) is at the heart of the fifth phase of the project, SDSS-V. The FPS…
Professor Norman Murray Awarded 2022 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysical Insights
The Heineman Foundation, American Institute of Physics and American Astronomical Society announce Norman Murray, professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, as the winner of the 2022 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics.
The Heineman committee selected Murray “for his deep theoretical insight into an exceptionally broad range of…
National Jamboree October 7-8, 2021
The CITA Jamboree is traditionally an annual event with short presentations from all CITA faculty, postdocs, and grad students describing their research. It is an opportunity for incoming postdocs and students and anyone who wants to learn more about CITA and the research done here.
This year we will be hosting a National CITA Jamboree in Toronto for all CITAzens to share their research. Pleas…
Professor Norman Murray named an RSC Fellow 2021
Norman Murray is a world-renowned Canadian astrophysical theorist whose high impact work is imbued with powerful physical insight, creativity and technical skill expressed over an amazingly broad spectrum of astronomical problems. He has made seminal contributions to our theories of planet formation and evolution, chaos in the solar system, helioseismology, the physics of black ho…
CHIME telescope detects more than 500 mysterious fast radio bursts in its first year of operation
Written by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
Scientists with the CHIME Collaboration, including University of Toronto researchers at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and Department of Physics, have assembled the new signals in the telescope’s first FRB catalog,…
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