/newsroom/taxonomy/term/19294/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/experts-canadian-astronomers-set-join-ariel-space-mission-349171 <p>This week Canada announced it will contribute to the European Space Agency’s Ariel mission. A first mission of its kind, the Ariel space telescope will launch in 2029 to study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets outside of our solar system. Up to 12 Canadian astronomers, including 91���� experts, will be at the front row of the mission, with privileged access to its data. <!-- x-tinymce/html -->(<a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/news/articles/2023/2023-07-25-canada-to-contribute-to-esa-exoplanet-mission.asp">Canadian Space Agency</a>)</p> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:33:25 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 306787 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-different-were-galaxies-early-universe-347633 <p>An array of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa is getting closer to detecting the “cosmic dawn” — the era after the Big Bang when stars first ignited and galaxies began to bloom.</p> <p>A team of scientists from across North America, Europe, and South Africa has doubled the sensitivity of a radio telescope called the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (<a href="https://reionization.org/">HERA</a>). With this breakthrough, they hope to peer into the secrets of the early universe.</p> Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:55:59 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 298481 at /newsroom /newsroom/daryl-haggard Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:04:40 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 196444 at /newsroom