An array of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa is getting closer to detecting the “cosmic dawn” — the era after the Big Bang when stars first ignited and galaxies began to bloom.

A team of scientists from across North America, Europe, and South Africa has doubled the sensitivity of a radio telescope called the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA). With this breakthrough, they hope to peer into the secrets of the early universe.

Classified as: galaxies, universe, space, cosmic dawn, HERA, Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
Published on: 12 Apr 2023

The Gazette:(by Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science & Society on the upcoming Trottier Symposium) Read more

Classified as: science, universe, McGill, The Gazette
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Published on: 3 Oct 2014

A research team led by McGill University Physics Prof. Alexander Maloney is among the winners of the New Frontiers in Astronomy & Cosmology International Grant and Essay Competition who will present their winning proposals and essays in a joint conference Oct. 12 and 13 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Classified as: Alexander Maloney, astronomy, cosmology, Johannes Walcher, New Frontiers in Astronomy, Patrick Hayden, physics, Robert Brandenberger, universe
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Published on: 4 Oct 2012
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