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Over 500 new FRBs detected in single year due to CHIME telescope

Published: 9 June 2021

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, blaze for a few milliseconds before vanishing without a trace. Their origins are unknown, and their appearance is unpredictable. In the decade following their discovery...

Discovery of a fast radio burst that pulses at regular intervals

Published: 17 June 2020

A Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, has discovered that a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) originating from a nearby galaxy pulses at regular intervals...

A repeating fast radio burst from an extreme environment

Published: 10 January 2018

New detections of radio waves from a repeating fast radio burst have revealed an astonishingly potent magnetic field in the source’s environment, indicating that it is situated near a massive black...

New Canadian telescope will map largest volume of space ever surveyed

Published: 7 September 2017

A Canadian effort to build one of the most innovative radio telescopes in the world will open the universe to a new dimension of scientific study. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science,...

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....

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