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New research by Yoonsoo Kim and Elias Most from Caltech, Bart Ripperda from Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and Andrei Beloborodov from Columbia University explores the conditions under which a black hole’s neutron-star merger produces an observable electromagnetic signal. aasnova.org/2025/05/12/bla…

Extremely high-resolution simulations reveal that interstellar medium-type turbulence significantly deviates from classical magnetized turbulence models. Dr. James Beattie et al.: bit.ly/42Z1wJF / bit.ly/42Zfjjl Princeton University Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Science & Medicine at ANU LRZ

#UofT's Norman Murray elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences 🔭 uoft.me/bB4

A great day on Saturday at McLennan Physics for DoorsOpenTO Thank you to all of our amazing student volunteers who helped make the day a success.

The #ShawPrize in Astronomy 2025 is awarded in equal shares to John Richard Bond & George Efstathiou for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. University of Toronto Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Cambridge University

Congratulations to Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics faculty Prof. Dick Bond who shares the 2025 The Shaw Prize in Astronomy with George Efstathiou, Cambridge University for their pioneering research in cosmology and their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. shawprize.org/laureates/2025…

Congratulations to Professor John Richard Bond, FRSC (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto), who has been awarded the 2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy alongside Professor George Efstathiou (Cambridge University). 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3ZAxwl0

Prof. Scott Tremaine, Chair of the Selection Committee for the #ShawPrize in Astronomy, introducing the 2025 Laureate, Prof. John Richard Bond & Prof. George Efstathiou. youtu.be/iARdpF0reqU University of Toronto Cambridge University Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics #Cosmology #CMB

During Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics seminar yesterday, Prof. Reed Essick outlined promising new developments in gravitational wave astrophysics. Find a recording of his talk (and other recent CITA guests) at: cita.utoronto.ca/events/recent-…

Congratulations to Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Fellow Sam Hadden Sam Hadden on receiving the 2025 Vera Rubin Early Career Award (AAS Dynamical) for his “term-by-term analysis of planetary dynamics work that leads the field in both insight and usability”. cita.utoronto.ca/items/cita-fel…

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics National Fellow Akshara Viswanathan Akshara Viswanathan is one of the three winners of the 2025 Gruber Fellowship Award. Each year, The Gruber Foundation, in collaboration with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) funds a US$75 000 fellowship for promising young astronomers. cita.utoronto.ca/items/cita-fel…

To better understand the extreme physics underlying such a grizzly demise, researchers at Caltech and Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics's faculty Bart Ripperda are using supercomputers to simulate black hole–neutron star collisions. caltech.edu/about/news/sta…

Born in Toronto, Prof. John Richard Bond studied at the University of Toronto & Caltech. A leader at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, his work on cosmic microwave background fluctuations shaped modern cosmology. University of Toronto Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics #ShawPrize #Astronomy

Listen to this week’s Physics World podcast as our 2025 Shaw Laureates in #Astronomy, Professors J. Richard Bond & George Efstathiou, talk about the cosmic microwave background (CMB) & how it shaped our understanding of the early universe. physicsworld.com/a/richard-bond…

At 4 am in Lisbon airport en route to the turin conference after nine days in Portugal, Prof. J. Richard Bond was delightfully surprised by the #ShawPrize's email—especially to share it with collaborator Prof Efstathiou. More clips dropping soon—stay tuned! #Astronomy

July AstroTours announcement! Catch the talk about 🕳️black holes and gravitational waves🕳️ by UofT PhD Student Utkarsh Mali followed by astronomy demos and telescope tours! uoft.me/astrotours

Today CITAzens visited the vault of the University of Toronto Art Museum and saw rarely displayed Canadian heritage artworks. Thank you Nathan Carlson for organizing this special visit and Alex King (Collections Coordinator) for letting us in this coveted art treasury!

Ioana Zelko, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics postdoc and Bart Ripperda, faculty member, won 32K A100 GPU-Hours for creating the first framework for Real-Time Calculation of 3D Interstellar Radiation Fields. NVIDIA is donating the GPU hours to CITA. youtu.be/cJxHnNSChqs?si…

Isabelle Connor (Isabelle Connor) olympic rhythmic gymnast and astrophysics student from UC Santa Cruz is visiting the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics to investigate supernova driven turbulence together with CITA/Princeton University turbulence expert Dr. James Beattie (Dr. James Beattie) Beattie.

Award-winning documentary by Les Guthman 🇺🇦 on the first LIGO detections, referencing Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Prof. Reed Essick (Essic Reed), who was among the first in the world to hear about them: youtu.be/dX4vCNi544wsi=…