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Astrophysics

Astrophysics applies the laws of physics and chemistry to explain the birth, life, and death of stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae, and other objects in the universe. Perimeter researchers work closely with experimentalists to discover new aspects of nature.

The latest discovery from the Canadian-led CHIME/FRB Collaboration, which includes Perimeter researchers, deepens our understanding of this mysterious phenomenon.
/Apr 26, 2023
The new research published in Nature “significantly enhances our view of the environment of black holes and the origins of…
/Apr 26, 2023
Perimeter’s Jessie Muir and collaborators in the Dark Energy Survey have measured 100 million galaxies to better understand the mysterious…
/Apr 11, 2023
From the James Webb Space Telescope and the black hole at the centre of our galaxy to a Nobel Prize…
/Dec 16, 2022
Scientists have discerned a sharp ring of light created by photons whipping around the back of a supermassive black hole…
/Aug 16, 2022
The CHIME/FRB Collaboration reveals a new type of fast radio burst with pulses spaced milliseconds apart in a new paper…
/Jul 13, 2022
Gravitational wave researchers gathered at Perimeter’s first in-person scientific workshop since the pandemic began.
/May 24, 2022
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, a globe-spanning consortium of researchers from Perimeter Institute and a dozen partner organizations, has released…
/May 12, 2022
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), an international collaboration including Perimeter researchers, has broken all previous records of galaxy mapping…
/Jan 19, 2022
In this special webcast on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 7 pm ET, physicist Manuel Calderón de la Barca Sánchez will…
/Oct 28, 2021