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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.
Watch the live webcast on this page on Wednesday, March 3 at 7 pm ET. A hundred years ago, we…
Perimeter researcher leads team using the oldest light in the universe to measure the mass of distant galaxy clusters.
Perimeter Associate Faculty member Avery Broderick and his collaborator, Dominic Pesce, have developed a tool that promises to accelerate progress…
In a paper released in Nature, the innovative CHIME telescope has revealed new data about mysterious bursts of radiation.
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has filled in 11 billion years in our picture of the universe, providing “some of…
A team of Canadian researchers has announced the first detection of a fast radio burst that repeats with predictable frequency.
The Event Horizon Telescope, the globe-spanning network that captured humanity’s first image of a black hole, has now peered deep…
The landmark Deep Field image and its successors make the mind reel with their depictions of the universe’s unfathomable vastness.
“Fundamentally, people care about the cosmos,” said astrophysicist Katie Mack in a recent interview on CBC Radio.
Watch live on February 5 as Bryan Gaensler explores interstellar travel and the search for alien life.