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A rendering of the Astronomical Observation Satellites X-ray Astronomy Satellite "Hitomi" (ASTRO-H) // Image courtesy of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Akihiro Ikeshita

U of M know-how launched into space

February 24, 2016 — 
Dr. Samar Safi-Harb is one of three Canadian astronomers whose research teams are part of an international science working group that launched a satellite into space last week.

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CBC: ASTRO-H X-ray telescope aims to solve black hole mysteries

February 10, 2016 — 
Using U of M scientists to get better pictures of the universe

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Flag at half mast – January 27

January 27, 2016 — 
The administration building flag will be at half-mast on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 in honour of Willie Robert Falk

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WFP: Students win big at Innovate Manitoba’s Pitch Day

November 19, 2015 — 
Event allows anyone with a business idea to deliver a two-minute pitch to an expert panel of judges

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Faculty of Science

Dr. Peter Blunden Named Fellow of the APS

October 21, 2015 — 
Professor recognized by peers for outstanding contributions to physics

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Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst (centre) shares her passion for science with high school students.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Young women who love science

October 16, 2015 — 
Young women interested in science and engineering have descended on campus today as part of International Day of the Girl.

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the median edge-on spiral galaxy at radio telescope frequencies around 1.5 ghz (l-band), made from stacking 30 CHANG-ES observations of galaxies. This image shows that the typical spiral galaxy is surrounded by a substantial halo of radio continuum emitting matter

Research and International

Listening to extragalactic radio

October 14, 2015 — 
Astronomers probing outer regions of galaxies at low frequencies

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Faculty of Science

Lecture: Isaac Newton’s Alchemy

October 6, 2015 — 
Why one of the most insightful scientists in history was convinced that alchemical transformations were scientifically plausible.

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Discovering the mysteries of new stars

August 7, 2015 — 
U of M astronomers part of international team that finds evidence of galaxy star birth regulated by black hole fountain

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Dr. James Peebles, O.M.

Faculty of Science

So what can you do with a science degree?

July 6, 2015 — 
Peebles is a world renowned physicist and cosmologist who has made many important contributions to the big bang model.

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