Fast radio bursts shown to include lower frequency radio waves than previously detected

Published: 15 April 2021

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...

Discovery of a fast radio burst that pulses at regular intervals

Published: 17 June 2020

A Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from McGill University, has discovered that a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) originating from a nearby galaxy pulses at regular intervals...

Victoria Kaspi wins Canada’s top science prize

Published: 16 February 2016

Victoria Kaspi, a professor and Canada research chair at McGill University, is this year's winner of the $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal from the Natural Sciences and Engineering...

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