/newsroom/taxonomy/term/253/all en /newsroom/eve-lee Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:25:46 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283749 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/feeling-confinement-gut-330596 <p>Crew members who took part in the Mars500 experiment showed significant changes in their gut microbiota from their 520 days in confinement, according to a new study by scientists at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and the Université de Montreal (UdeM).</p> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:20:43 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261078 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/what-will-be-next-big-things-astronomy-297507 <p>It’s been an exciting time for astronomy lovers in the past few years: the first black hole picture amazed, many exoplanets have been discovered, gravitational waves were observed for the first time.</p> <p>Now, what will be the next big things in astronomy?</p> <p>Astronomers from across Canada will gather in Montreal June 17-20 to discuss emerging topics that could lead to big new advances in the field in the coming decade.</p> Thu, 30 May 2019 17:40:09 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 165972 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole-296142 <p>The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:14:13 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 157147 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/jonathan-sievers-and-jennifer-welsh-named-canada-150-research-chairs-286260 <p><span>Cosmologist Jonathan Sievers and international-relations scholar Jennifer Welsh will become Canada 150 Research Chairs at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ. The appointments were among the <a href="http://canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/index-eng.aspx">24 Chairs announced t</a>oday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, by Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan.  </span></p> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:18:53 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 35629 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/neutron-star-merger-yields-new-puzzle-astrophysicists-283948 <p>The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger <a href="/newsroom/channels/news/latest-gravitational-wave-detection-opens-new-era-astronomy-278031">detected last August</a> has continued to brighten – much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive collision that took place about 138 million light years away and sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.</p> Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:56:53 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32839 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/latest-gravitational-wave-detection-opens-new-era-astronomy-278031 <p><span>The discovery of a gravitational wave caused by the merger of two neutron stars, reported today by a collaboration of scientists from around the world, opens a new era in astronomy. It marks the first time that scientists have been able to observe a cosmic event with both light waves -- the basis of traditional astronomy -- and gravitational waves, the ripples in space-time predicted a century ago by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.</span></p> Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:26:19 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32387 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-launches-centre-space-research-256392 <p>$1 million donation from Trottier Family Foundation to fund ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Space Institute fellowships Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:30:06 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24576 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/polarization-detected-big-bangs-echo-229251 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:37:06 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 18955 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-explore-big-questions-about-universe-218412 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:58:06 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 11944 at /newsroom