McPherson Lecture: Opening A Neutrino Window On The Universe From The South Pole

Thursday, March 21, 2024 19:30to20:30

The Anna McPherson lecture is McGill's prize lecture series in physics, bringing a distinguished physicist to our department each year. This year we are delighted to welcome Francis Halzen from...

Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole

Published: 14 April 2021

In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the...

Detection of a short, intense radio burst in Milky Way could help resolve origins of mysterious phenomenon

Published: 4 November 2020

New data from a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from the McGill Space Institute and McGill University Department of Physics, strongly suggest that magnetars - a type of...

McGill team awarded contract to advance potential Canadian contribution for LiteBIRD space telescope

Published: 26 November 2019

November 7, 2019 (MONTREAL, Quebec) - A team of researchers from the McGill Space Institute has secured a Phase 0 contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to advance a proposed Canadian...

Neutron-star merger yields new puzzle for astrophysicists

Published: 18 January 2018

The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger detected last August has continued to brighten – much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive collision that took...

Homing in on source of mysterious cosmic radio bursts

Published: 4 January 2017

Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves....

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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