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An artist’s impression of the Square Kilometre Array telescope in South Africa. (SKAO)

September 15, 2025

Information collected by the world’s largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centres

Simon Blouin, University of Victoria; Falk Herwig, University of Victoria; JJ Kavelaars, National Research Council Canada; University of Victoria, and Sébastien Fabbro, University of Victoria

The world’s largest space telescope, comprising thousands of antennae in the southern hemisphere, will generate massive amounts of data — some of which will be processed in Canada.

All sky view of the Milky Way taken by the European Space Agency’s Gaia space observatory. (ESA/Gaia/DPAC)

March 18, 2024

Floating crystals slow stellar aging — for some stars, this can delay death by billions of years

Simon Blouin, University of Victoria

Floating crystals can pause the stellar aging process, providing a final energy source to otherwise dead stars.

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