CHIME collaboration helps identify location of "missing" matter in the universe

Published: 21 July 2026

Estimates of ordinary matter in the universe exceed the amount observed in stars and galaxies, leaving much of it unaccounted for. Researchers from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping...

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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