Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics - University of Toronto Magazine

The Day the Stars Collided

It was all hands on deck for U of T astronomers during a rare cosmic event that led to the first sighting of a new object

Thousands of spectators witnessed a double celestial phenomenon on the St. George campus

Astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg not only researched the stars, but explained them in a heavenly manner to students and the public

The Dragonfly telescope created at U of T and Yale has led to the discovery of never-before-seen celestial structures

Student scientists at Astronomy Summer School learn how to design the instruments that show us the cosmos

A professor at the Dunlap Institute is trying to answer one of the biggest questions in all of science: Is there intelligent life beyond Earth?

With the discovery of hundreds of worlds around other stars, will we find that Earth is not alone in bearing life?

Clear and dark during the winter, Canada’s North is the perfect place for a new U of T astronomy project

James Graham aims for the stars as Dunlap Institute’s first director