The Promise, and Pitfalls, of Virtual Reality
Perimeter talks with virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier about “fashionable” science, the problems with money, and whether we should...
The Sound of Dark Matter
Despite making up the vast majority of stuff in our universe, dark matter remains invisible. But perhaps it’s not...
Unveiling the Turbulent Times of a Dying Star
Running sophisticated simulations on a powerful supercomputer, an international research team has glimpsed the unique turbulence that fuels stellar...
Tick Tock Goes The Dark Matter
Perimeter Associate Faculty member Maxim Pospelov has proposed a new method of hunting for dark matter using atomic clocks.
Testing General Relativity with Black Holes
Perimeter researchers use measurements from the Event Horizon Telescope to test Einstein’s theory with the supermassive black hole at...
Event Horizon Telescope Illuminates Black Hole Growth
The international EHT research team, including Perimeter's Avery Broderick, have measured the magnetic fields that contribute to black hole...
A Eureka Moment Over Lunch at Perimeter
A team of physicists from Perimeter Institute, the University of Waterloo, and Harvard reached a key milestone in the...
The Black Hole at the Birth of the Universe
Our universe may have emerged from a black hole in a higher-dimensional universe, proposed a trio of Perimeter Institute...
A Gravitational Atom in the Sky
Could black holes be the universe’s own accelerator experiments, churning out signals that may unveil exotic new particles –...