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The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto is an endowed research institute with over 80 faculty, postdocs, students, and staff, dedicated to innovative technology, groundbreaking research, world-class training, and public outreach. The research themes of its faculty and Dunlap Fellows span the Universe and include: optical, infrared and radio instrumentation, Dark Energy, large-scale structure, the Cosmic Microwave Background, the interstellar medium, galaxy evolution, cosmic magnetism, and time-domain science. Dunlap of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and other researchers across the University of Toronto's three campuses together comprise the leading concentration of astronomers in Canada, at the leading research university in the country. The Dunlap Institute is committed to making its science, training, and public outreach activities productive and enjoyable for everyone of all backgrounds and identities.

Astronomy often takes place above the clouds! 🔭😶‍🌫️ In this photo taken from the site of the MOTHRA telescope array in t...
10/09/2026

Astronomy often takes place above the clouds! 🔭😶‍🌫️ In this photo taken from the site of the MOTHRA telescope array in the Chilean mountains, the Vera C. Rubin and Gemini Observatories can be seen in the distance atop Cerro Pachón, with fog in the foreground flooding the Rio Hurtado valley. MOTHRA is located just a few dozen kilometers south at the El Sauce Observatory. Northern Chile is ideal for astronomical observing as it offers some of the most stable, clearest and darkest skies on Earth!
Photo credit: Pieter van Dokkum, Yale University

Throwback Thursday to exploring the worlds beyond our solar system! Dr. Quinn Konopacky, now a professor at UC San Diego...
10/09/2026

Throwback Thursday to exploring the worlds beyond our solar system! Dr. Quinn Konopacky, now a professor at UC San Diego, explains her research back in 2013 when she was a Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellow.

For decades, we’ve discovered exoplanets by observing the effects they have on their stars. But with direct imaging, astronomers can study the light coming from the planets themselves — revealing clues about their atmospheres, compositions, and how they formed.

From studying systems like HR 8799 to detecting molecules like water v***r and carbon monoxide, these distant worlds are helping us better understand not only other planetary systems, but the story of our own solar system.

Our final SURP Student Spotlight is Matteo Statti! This summer Matteo designed a SCIDAR optical instrument which will at...
10/02/2026

Our final SURP Student Spotlight is Matteo Statti! This summer Matteo designed a SCIDAR optical instrument which will attach to a telescope to detect atmospheric turbulence, under the supervision of postdoctoral fellow Dr. Ryan Dungee. The design serves as a proof-of-concept for a full-scale instrument that will be deployed at Mauna Kea in Hawaii!

Learn more about Matteo's work and the other students featured this summer on our website: https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/2026-surp-student-spotlights/

📣 We're hiring for two new positions: Postdoctoral positions in both Optical Ground Station Systems for Laser Communicat...
10/02/2026

📣 We're hiring for two new positions: Postdoctoral positions in both Optical Ground Station Systems for Laser Communications and Integrated Photonics for Adaptive Optics and Optical Communications. Learn more about both opportunities on our website!

https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/about/opportunities/

📣 New research alert! 📣 The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of the glow of hydrogen from when th...
09/29/2026

📣 New research alert! 📣 The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of the glow of hydrogen from when the universe was about five billion years old, paving the way for new studies of cosmic expansion and dark energy. Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Arnab Chakraborty first proposed the findings and is a co-author on the paper published yesterday in The Astrophysical Journal.

Read more here: https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/canadian-telescope-directly-maps-earliest-glow-of-hydrogen-opening-a-new-window-on-the-universe/

09/29/2026
Our next SURP Spotlight focuses on Matteo Moretti! This summer, Matteo worked with postdoctoral fellow Dr. Nathan Sandfo...
09/25/2026

Our next SURP Spotlight focuses on Matteo Moretti! This summer, Matteo worked with postdoctoral fellow Dr. Nathan Sandford, Prof. Ting Li, and Prof. Jo Bovy to learn how galaxies evolve by studying the chemical composition of stars in the Andromeda Galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope!

Learn more about Matteo's work and our other SURP Student Spotlights on our website: https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/2026-surp-student-spotlights/

This week's SURP Student Spotlight is Zoe Augspach. This summer, Zoe has been working with Professor Renée Hlozek on hel...
09/18/2026

This week's SURP Student Spotlight is Zoe Augspach. This summer, Zoe has been working with Professor Renée Hlozek on helping to build cosmographi, a package for fully Bayesian cosmology that propagates uncertainty throughout models. She has been focusing on modelling the light curves from active galactic nucleii.

Click here to learn more about Zoe and our other SURP Student Spotlights: https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/2026-surp-student-spotlights/

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