/channels/taxonomy/term/8678/all en /channels/channels/news/infinity-and-beyond-26-million-propel-space-research-mcgill-university-and-universite-de-montreal-343731 <p>The <b>黑料不打烊 Space Institute (MSI)</b> and the <b>Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx)</b> at Universit茅 de Montr茅al are at the forefront of the exhilarating pace of space research, helping to advance our knowledge of extrasolar planets, fast radio bursts, the dark universe, and other extraterrestrial mysteries. Now their stellar work and efforts to recruit top students and researchers are getting a huge boost thanks to extraordinary<b> </b>gifts to <b>黑料不打烊 University</b> and the <b>Universit茅 de Montr茅al</b> from the Trottier Family Foundation.</p> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:02:43 +0000 webfull 184749 at /channels /channels/channels/event/astromcgill-public-lecture-planets-near-and-far-342369 <p>How did planets form? Is our solar system rare or unique? Where will we find life and what will it look like?</p> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:07:22 +0000 webfull 183039 at /channels /channels/channels/event/our-expanding-universe-public-talk-nobel-laureate-prof-james-peebles-341460 <p>Anna McPherson Public Lecture 2022<br /> A prize public talk by Prof. James Peebles (Nobel Laureate in Physics 2019), from Princeton University.</p> <p>Doors open at 7pm ET, talk starts at <strong>7:30pm ET</strong>.</p> Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:21:29 +0000 webfull 182149 at /channels /channels/channels/news/astronomers-detect-radio-heartbeat-billions-light-years-earth-340332 <p>Astronomers at 黑料不打烊 University, MIT and elsewhere have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy, that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity. Classified as a fast radio burst, or FRB, this new signal persists for up to three seconds, about 1,000 times longer than the average FRB. Within this window, the team detected bursts of radio waves that repeat every 0.2 seconds in a clear periodic pattern.</p> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:43:06 +0000 webfull 180910 at /channels /channels/channels/event/space-debris-removal-technologies-missions-and-science-339185 <p>Join us for our next virtual public lecture on April 28th at 7pm, with 黑料不打烊 <strong>Prof.</strong></p> Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:10:45 +0000 webfull 179701 at /channels /channels/channels/event/history-astronomy-drop-exhibition-338826 <p><b>History of Astronomy Drop-in Exhibition</b></p> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:21:56 +0000 webfull 179298 at /channels /channels/channels/event/biggest-black-holes-universe-338537 <p>Join us for our next public lecture on March 31st at 7pm, with Prof. Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo from l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al to learn about the largest black holes in the universe!</p> Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:20:33 +0000 webfull 178881 at /channels /channels/channels/event/talking-telescopes-338521 <p><strong>Virtual event description</strong>:聽</p> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:07:53 +0000 webfull 178864 at /channels /channels/channels/news/telescopes-unite-unprecedented-observations-famous-black-hole-330409 <p>In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told. 黑料不打烊 University astronomers<i> </i>were part of this global effort.</p> <p>Data from 19 observatories are now being released that promise to give unparalleled insight into this black hole and the system it powers, and to improve tests of Einstein鈥檚 General Theory of Relativity.</p> Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:01:18 +0000 webfull 169871 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-mars-2020s-perseverance-landing-jezero-crater-328690 <p>NASA鈥檚 science rover <em>Perseverance</em>, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday, February 18 and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. (<a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/world/space-how-to-watch-nasa-mars-rover-perseverance-landing" target="_blank">National Post</a>)<br /><br /> Here are some experts from 黑料不打烊 University that can provide comment on this issue:<br /></p> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:35:25 +0000 webfull 168365 at /channels /channels/channels/event/special-public-lecture-surveying-universe-326164 <p>A very special virtual public lecture by Steven M. Kahn, the Director of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a unique new major astronomical facility that will stitch together a completely new image of the entire Southern sky every few days!</p> Tue, 10 Nov 2020 19:58:36 +0000 webfull 165175 at /channels /channels/channels/news/discovery-fast-radio-burst-pulses-regular-intervals-322835 <p>A Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from 黑料不打烊 University, has discovered that a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) originating from a nearby galaxy pulses at regular intervals.</p> <p>Researchers within the <a href="https://chime-experiment.ca/">Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment</a> (CHIME) Fast Radio Burst Collaboration used the CHIME telescope in British Columbia to show that the repeating radio source known as FRB 180916.J0158+65 鈥� first discovered in 2018 by the same group - pulsates apparently every 16.35 days.</p> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:03:23 +0000 webfull 161436 at /channels /channels/channels/news/canadian-astronomers-determine-earths-fingerprint-hopes-finding-habitable-planets-beyond-solar-299976 <p>Two 黑料不打烊 University astronomers have assembled a 鈥渇ingerprint鈥� for Earth, which could be used to identify a planet beyond our Solar System capable of supporting life.</p> Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:16:48 +0000 webfull 152325 at /channels /channels/channels/news/ifls-astronomers-have-found-incredible-8-more-repeating-fast-radio-bursts-299637 <p>"There is definitely a difference between the sources, with some being more prolific than others," physicist Ziggy Pleunis of 黑料不打烊 University told聽Science Alert. "We already knew from FRB 121102 that the bursts can be very clustered: sometimes the source doesn't burst for hours and hours and then suddenly you get multiple bursts in a short amount of time. We have observed the same thing for FRB 180916.J0158+65, for which we report 10 bursts in this paper."</p> Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:31:21 +0000 webfull 151938 at /channels /channels/channels/news/what-will-be-next-big-things-astronomy-297507 <p>It鈥檚 been an exciting time for astronomy lovers in the past few years: the first black hole picture amazed, many exoplanets have been discovered, gravitational waves were observed for the first time.</p> <p>Now, what will be the next big things in astronomy?</p> <p>Astronomers from across Canada will gather in Montreal June 17-20 to discuss emerging topics that could lead to big new advances in the field in the coming decade.</p> Thu, 30 May 2019 17:40:10 +0000 webfull 149646 at /channels