/channels/taxonomy/term/553/all en /channels/channels/news/chime-fast-radio-burst-team-receive-2022-berkeley-prize-334995 <p>The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector’s operations, will receive the 2022 <a href="https://aas.org/grants-and-prizes/lancelot-m-berkeley-new-york-community-trust-prize-meritorious-work-astronomy">Lancelot M. Berkeley − New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy</a>.</p> Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:28:34 +0000 webfull 174904 at /channels /channels/news/homing-source-mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-264901 <p>Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves. FRBs, which last just a few thousandths of a second, have puzzled astrophysicists since their discovery a decade ago.</p> Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:02:45 +0000 webfull 123869 at /channels