/newsroom/taxonomy/term/18697/all en /newsroom/channels/news/m87-one-year-later-proof-persistent-black-hole-shadow-354399 <p>The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, including Professor Daryl Haggard at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, <a href="https://eventhorizontelescope.org/M87-one-year-later-proof-of-a-persistent-black-hole-shadow">has released new images of M87*</a>, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018. With the participation of the newly commissioned Greenland Telescope and a dramatically improved recording rate across the array, the 2018 observations give us a view of the source independent from the first observations in 2017.</p> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:14:37 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307597 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/doubling-number-sources-repeating-fast-radio-bursts-348060 <p>Astronomers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº 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/infinity-and-beyond-26-million-propel-space-research-mcgill-university-and-universite-de-montreal-343731 <p>The <b>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Space Institute (MSI)</b> and the <b>Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx)</b> at Université de Montréal 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>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº</b> and the <b>Université de Montréal</b> from the Trottier Family Foundation.</p> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:46:06 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288516 at /newsroom