/channels/taxonomy/term/14121/all en /channels/channels/news/fast-radio-bursts-shown-include-lower-frequency-radio-waves-previously-detected-330412 <p>Since fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first discovered over a decade ago, scientists have puzzled over what could be generating these intense flashes of radio waves from outside of our galaxy. In a gradual process of elimination, the field of possible explanations has narrowed as new pieces of information are gathered about FRBs – how long they last, the frequencies of the radio waves detected, and so on.</p> Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:50:00 +0000 webfull 169926 at /channels /channels/channels/news/discovery-fast-radio-burst-pulses-regular-intervals-322835 <p>A Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from ƻ����Ժ, 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 – 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/news/victoria-kaspi-wins-canada%E2%80%99s-top-science-prize-258626 <p>Victoria Kaspi, a professor and Canada research chair at ƻ����Ժ, is this year's winner of the $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The award has been awarded annually since 1991 to recognize "sustained excellence and overall influence" of research conducted in Canada.</p> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:59:15 +0000 webfull 116103 at /channels /channels/news/mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-found-repeat-259440 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello, </strong><a href="/newsroom"><strong>ƻ����Ժ Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>Astronomers for the first time detect repeat ‘fast radio bursts’ from same sky location</em></p> <p>Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source that is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy. <span>The findings indicate that these “fast radio bursts” come from an extremely powerful object which occasionally produces multiple bursts in under a minute.</span></p> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:00:39 +0000 webfull 117124 at /channels