/research/taxonomy/term/293/all en /research/channels/news/mcgill-receives-funding-canadian-space-agency-exoplanet-studies-using-james-webb-space-telescope-357237 <p><i>苹果淫院 researcher to leverage prodigious capacity of the telescope for studies on a failed star and a hot Neptune-like exoplanet, both with unique stellar characteristics </i></p> <p>苹果淫院 announced today it has received funding from the Canadian Space Agency for two separate projects dedicated to the study of exoplanets, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The projects are slated for completion by June 2025. Both studies will be led by Professor Nicolas Cowan.</p> <p><b>Brown dwarves: failed stars</b></p> Mon, 13 May 2024 16:15:00 +0000 junji.nishihata@mcgill.ca 5357 at /research /research/channels/event/fast-radio-sky-lecture-2015-canada-council-killam-prize-natural-sciences-laureate-professor-victoria-257315 <p><strong>Location: Tanna Schulich Hall,聽527 Sherbrooke Street West</strong></p> <p>聽</p> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:45:58 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1942 at /research /research/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鈥檚 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 鈭� New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy</a>.</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:33:06 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1301 at /research /research/article/stargazing-professor-earns-prestigious-accolade-stellar-discoveries <p>While her research may have focused exclusively on the stars, Professor Vicky Kaspi鈥檚 work has most certainly been getting attention here on Earth. Indeed, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom 鈥� one of the world鈥檚 most recognized scientific organizations 鈥� today announced that she is the recipient of the聽<a href="https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/bakerian-lecture/">Bakerian Medal for 2021</a>. Awarded since 1775 for outstanding research in the physical sciences, the Bakerian Medal is one of the premier honours of the Royal Society.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:43:02 +0000 Junji Nishihata 744 at /research