The Independent spoke to Ingrid Stairs, an astrophysicist at UBC, about the findings of the CHIME telescope. The article also appeared on MSN.
Feb 19, 2019
Vice spoke to Ingrid Stairs, an astrophysicist at UBC, about the fast radio bursts detected by the CHIME telescope in an article about China’s plans to search for aliens. “These signals […]
Jan 22, 2019
The Times of India quoted Ingrid Stairs, an astrophysicist at UBC, in an article about a discovery by the CHIME telescope. The telescope detected the second repeating fast radio burst […]
Jan 15, 2019
In a novel test of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, an international group of astronomers has demonstrated that the theory holds up, even for a massive three-star system.
Jul 4, 2018
In an interstellar race against time, astronomers have measured the space-time warp in the gravity of a binary star and determined the mass of a neutron star, just before it vanished.
Jan 8, 2015
A newly discovered system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar is enabling astronomers to probe a range of cosmic mysteries, including the very nature of gravity itself.
Jan 5, 2014
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