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Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD) under construction.

CHORD, the successor to CHIME, readies for first big test this fall

by Elizabeth Howell September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

A successor to the prolific CHIME Canadian telescope array is under construction – and the first big test is coming up soon.

Artist illustration of the Square Kilometer Array

Canada to Invest $269 Million In Square Kilometre Array Observatory

by Marc Boucher June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

The UBC Rocket (University of British Columbia) team. Image credit: SEDS Canada.

Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Challenge Underway

by Marc Boucher July 31, 2023July 31, 2023

Artist illustration of the Square Kilometer Array

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Canada to Officially Join the Square Kilometre Array Observatory

by Craig Bamford January 31, 2023February 1, 2023

First TMT Primary Mirror Segment Assembly built at Larsen & Toubro contractor, April 2022 - India-TMT, along with industry partner Larsen and Toubro (L&T) in Coimbatore, have successfully manufactured and assembled the first Segment Support Assembly for TMT production. Credit: TMT International Observatory / India TMT Coordination Center

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Thirty Meter Telescope update

by Marc Boucher July 11, 2022July 11, 2022

CASTOR space telescope

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CASTOR telescope update – Honeywell gets contract

by Marc Boucher April 13, 2022October 25, 2024

Four university teams selected for the 2021-22 Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge (CAN-RGX)

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Four university teams selected for SEDS Canada CAN-RGX challenge

by Marc Boucher January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

CASTOR space telescope

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CASTOR telescope concept update

by Marc Boucher December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Artist illustration of the Square Kilometer Array

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NRC signs 2 year deal to continue cooperation in the Square Kilometer Array

by Marc Boucher December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

MicroPREP, a Canadian lab-on-a-chip technology being developed by MDA and Starfish Medical

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MDA wins $5.4 million contract for space station centrifuge

by Marc Boucher October 16, 2020January 23, 2021