/channels/taxonomy/term/24180/all en /channels/channels/news/mark-your-calendars-family-science-day-september-28th-359770 <p><b>On September 28<sup>th</sup> between 9 am and 4 pm</b>, join McGill’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ McGill, the Trottier Space Institute and McGill Physics Outreach, for free science activities for families. Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors at the downtown campus and are intended for children ages 6 and up.</p> <p>Registration is required for some activities.</p> <p>For more details and the full schedule, <a href="/science/outreach/upcoming-events">visit this link</a>.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:46:10 +0000 webfull 202777 at /channels /channels/channels/event/family-science-activities-24-hours-science-2023-347562 <p>Join Science Outreach, the Chemistry Outreach Group, Physics Matters, AstroMcGill, BrainReach, the Gault Nature Reserve, STEMM Diversity at McGill and Earth and Planetary Sciences for fun family science activities during <a href="https://science24</body></html>"></a></p> Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:55:34 +0000 webfull 188789 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dr-eve-j-lee-awarded-2022-vainu-bappu-gold-medal-346017 <p>Professor <a href="https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~evelee/">Eve Lee</a> of the McGill Department of Physics and the Trottier Space Institute has been awarded the 2022 <a href="https://www.astron-soc.in/vainu_bappu">Vainu Bappu Gold Medal</a> by the <a href="https://www.astron-soc.in/">Astronomical Society of India</a>. This medal is awarded once every two years to honour exceptional contributions to Astronomy & Astrophysics by young scientists anywhere in the world.</p> Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:52:24 +0000 webfull 187154 at /channels /channels/channels/event/family-science-activities-24h-de-science-339121 <p>Join McGill Chemistry, the Redpath Museum, Physics Matters, BrainReach, the Gault Nature Reserve and Earth and Planetary Sciences for fun family science activities during <a href="https://science24heures.com/en/">24h de science</a>!</p> Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:46:36 +0000 webfull 179632 at /channels /channels/channels/news/trifecta-awards-mcgill-physics-professors-335439 <p><em>The Canadian Association of Physicists recognizes achievements for McGill professors across many branches of research in physics</em></p> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:04:47 +0000 webfull 175425 at /channels /channels/channels/news/telescopes-unite-unprecedented-observations-famous-black-hole-330409 <p>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 science story to be told. Ï㽶ÊÓƵ astronomers<i> </i>were part of this global effort.</p> <p>Data from 19 observatories are now being released that promise to give unparalleled insight into this black hole and the system it powers, and to improve tests of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.</p> Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:01:18 +0000 webfull 169871 at /channels /channels/channels/news/first-images-magnetic-fields-edge-black-hole-m87-galaxy-330020 <p>The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which includes researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed this week a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: how it looks in polarized light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarization, a signature of magnetic fields, this close to the edge of a black hole. The observations are key to explaining how the M87 galaxy, located 55 million light-years away, is able to launch energetic jets from its core.</p> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:41:00 +0000 webfull 169425 at /channels /channels/channels/news/detection-short-intense-radio-burst-milky-way-could-help-resolve-origins-mysterious-phenomenon-325817 <p>New data from a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from the McGill <a href="https://msi.mcgill.ca/">Space Institute</a> and Ï㽶ÊÓƵ <a href="https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/">Department of Physics,</a> strongly suggest that magnetars - a type of neutron star believed to have an extremely powerful magnetic field - could be the source of some fast radio bursts (FRBs). Though much research has been done to explain the mysterious phenomenon, their source has thus far remained elusive and the subject of some debate.</p> Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:05:39 +0000 webfull 164894 at /channels