ϲʿ News - universe /channels/news_feeds/all/term/universe/rss en How different were galaxies in the early universe? /channels/channels/news/how-different-were-galaxies-early-universe-347633 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>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.</p> <p>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 (<a href="https://reionization.org/">HERA</a>). With this breakthrough, they hope to peer into the secrets of the early universe.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/hera-web.jpg?itok=xuWrUpCJ" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:46:20 +0000 webfull 188897 at /channels ϲʿ launches centre for space research /channels/news/mcgill-launches-centre-space-research-256392 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>$1 million donation from Trottier Family Foundation to fund ϲʿ Space Institute fellowships</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/kaspi_photo_2015.jpg?itok=Om-AUlo9" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:30:10 +0000 webfull 113592 at /channels Are we alone in this huge and planet-filled universe? /channels/news/are-we-alone-huge-and-planet-filled-universe-239341 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Gazette:(by Joe Schwarcz, director of ϲʿ’s Office for Science &amp; Society on the upcoming Trottier Symposium) Read <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Schwarcz+alone+this+huge+planet+filled+universe/10256507/story.html">more</a><a href="https://exchange.mcgill.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=UxLPMeXDf0eww5WCvsn2zmGDjyzVstEINNbRTd26OHn60N5DshA7XU8rmY7MNL81aHgYzwSTy6g.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.montrealgazette.com%2ftechnology%2fSchwarcz%2balone%2bthis%2bhuge%2bplanet%2bfilled%2buniverse%2f10256507%2fstory.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:39:47 +0000 webfull 105696 at /channels ϲʿ researchers explore big questions about universe /channels/news/mcgill-researchers-explore-big-questions-about-universe-218412 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A research team led by ϲʿ Physics Prof. Alexander Maloney is among the winners of the <a href="http://www.newfrontiersinastronomy.org/">New Frontiers in Astronomy &amp; Cosmology International Grant and Essay Competition</a> who will present their winning proposals and essays in a joint conference Oct. 12 and 13 at the <a href="http://www.fi.edu/">Franklin Institute</a> in Philadelphia.</p> <p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:04:21 +0000 webfull 87543 at /channels