/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3817/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-paper-explores-four-nearby-fast-radio-burst-sources-354136 <p>Fleeting blasts of energy from space, known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), are a cosmic enigma. A Canadian-led international team of researchers has published new findings suggesting that supernovae are the predominant contributors to forming sources that eventually produce FRBs.</p> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:07:46 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307579 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/doubling-number-sources-repeating-fast-radio-bursts-348060 <p>Astronomers from ���ϲ����� University are part of an international team that has discovered 25 new sources of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs), these explosions in the sky that come from far beyond the Milky Way. This discovery brings the total number of confirmed FRB sources to 50.</p> Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:25:20 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 298516 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/astronomers-detect-radio-heartbeat-billions-light-years-earth-340332 <p>Astronomers at ���ϲ����� 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> Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:40:19 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 288242 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/astrophysicist-vicky-kaspi-wins-top-cdn-science-prize-258612 <p><strong><em>By Chris Chipello, </em></strong><em><a href="/newsroom"><strong>���ϲ����� Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>���ϲ����� researchers Elena Bennett and Yasser Gidi also honoured by NSERC</em></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has named ���ϲ����� University astrophysicist Vicky Kaspi as this year’s recipient of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, NSERC’s highest honour, in recognition of the excellence and influence of her research contributions.</p> Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:48:07 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25300 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-launches-centre-space-research-256392 <p>$1 million donation from Trottier Family Foundation to fund ���ϲ����� Space Institute fellowships Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:30:06 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24576 at /newsroom