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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.
For the first time, a repeating fast radio burst first detected by CHIME has been pinpointed to its galaxy of…
How Canadians cracked the secret to detecting fast radio bursts and turned a trickle of discoveries into a deluge.
Test and expand your knowledge of our galactic home with this quiz about the Milky Way.
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, a new sky-surveying instrument involving a pair of Perimeter scientists, will seek to advance our…
Watch Elizabeth Tasker’s talk live on Nov. 6, 2019.
Gabriela González will take the audience on a journey to some of the universe’s most violent places, and explain how…
The CHIME telescope has announced the discovery of more fast radio bursts, or FRBs, including eight new repeating signals.
Just across the mountains from where Dustin Lang grew up now sits a telescope that he and colleagues are using…
What’s in a name? For the scientists behind these marvelous monikers, it seems a catchy acronym is key.
Theoretical astrophysicist Avery Broderick reflects on the 20-year project that went from audacious idea to globe-stopping announcement.