Space

photo of boy looking at lunar samples July 19, 2019 A suitcase full of moon rocks: Working with NASA, U of T's David Strangway brought a piece of Apollo 11 to Toronto
Photo of Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit July 18, 2019 Mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with these words from U of T’s Marshall McLuhan
Illustration of grain of stardust April 29, 2019 Cosmic dust reveals new insights on the formation of solar system
Photo of Jeffrey Osborne and Mina Mitry March 15, 2019 A place for space? U of T startup builds out a global satellite network – from downtown Toronto
Photo of Scott Kelly in space January 10, 2019 Twins in space: U of T expert on how space travel affects gene expression
photo of radio telescope January 9, 2019 Researchers from U of T and other universities detect repeating fast radio burst
Photo of Kristen Facciol October 26, 2018 A front-row seat to space: U of T alumna earns elite designation by CSA/NASA to control space robotics missions
Cosmic Microwave Background September 10, 2018 U of T researchers part of global team to win prestigious 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize
Photo of Chris Hadfield June 6, 2018 U of T accelerator launches stream for space startups with Chris Hadfield at the controls
Photo of DF2 March 28, 2018 U of T, Yale astronomers discover 'see-through' galaxy with almost no dark matter
Photo of ‘Oumuamua, the rocky object March 19, 2018 Interstellar asteroid that recently flew past Earth likely came from a system with two stars: U of T research
Photo of Askar Kazbekov February 16, 2018 Out of this world: U of T student's SpaceX internship involved working on Falcon Heavy's engines
Photo of Tesla in space February 15, 2018 Tesla shot into space will likely collide with Earth or Venus – in millions of years: U of T researchers
Photo of International Space Station December 1, 2017 U of T researcher to conduct real-time study of astronauts' immune systems on International Space Station
October 16, 2017 U of T scientists assist in first detection of gravitational waves caused by a collision of neutron stars
Gravitational waves October 3, 2017 U of T scientists play part in Nobel Prize-winning research on gravitational waves
Payette official portrait October 2, 2017 U of T alumna Julie Payette installed as 29th Governor General
August 28, 2017 Galaxy five billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe: U of T researchers
August 17, 2017 How to safely watch an eclipse: Advice from an astronomer
August 16, 2017 Conference brings international group of astrophysicists to U of T