Canada’s CHIME radio telescope has detected the faint 21-centimetre glow of cosmic hydrogen using 94 nights of observations recorded in 2019, a result published in The Astrophysical Journal in 2026.

The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of hydrogen's ancient radio glow, paving the way for new studies of cosmic expansion.

Launched on June 20, 2003, the MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars) space telescope continues to wow its creators. “After five years in space, MOST is still enabling wondrous space ...

A Canadian-led team of scientists has found the second repeating fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded. FRBs are short bursts of radio waves coming from far outside our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists ...

Canada is about to become a member of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) — the world’s next giant radio telescope. This is a win for all Canadians, not just astronomers. Observing the sky ...

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While the unaided eye or binoculars can reveal much of the night sky, a telescope reveals so much more. Seeing Saturn’s rings or the Moon’s craters with your own eyes can be an “oh wow” moment.