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Author: Ivan Semeniuk
Publication Date: January 5, 2026 - 18:59
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UBC researchers delve into deep space to answer mysteries of galaxy formation
January 5, 2026
By chasing shadows in the farthest reaches of space, a team led by astronomers at the University of British Columbia has discovered that the early universe can be a hot mess.
More specifically, the researchers measured the energy of hot gas within a remote group of galaxies – the most distant such measurement ever made. The result reinforces the importance of giant black holes in galaxy formation and shows that in at least some cases the process was energized to a degree that computer simulations do not predict.
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A group of Toronto cyclists are in court on Wednesday to defend their successful challenge of the province's plan to rip up three stretches of the city's bike lanes.
January 28, 2026 - 06:33 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
created the diplomatic equivalent to a sonic boom recently by stating that if Canada doesn’t go ahead with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets, that will mean the United States would have to buy more of the advanced fighter aircraft for its own air force, and fly them more often into Canadian airspace to address threats approaching the U.S.
Hoekstra warned that if Canada doesn’t buy the F-35s, there would...
January 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
It was the thirtieth anniversary of the 1995 Quebec referendum this past October, and it brought to my mind that autumn thirty years ago, when I was far from home—in Sarajevo, with the United Nations. I was serving on the international team trying to hold together a fragile ceasefire that preceded the Dayton Accords, the agreement that ended the Bosnian war.
One night, I found myself in Pale, the wartime political centre of the Bosnian Serb leadership. I was ushered into the office of the Serb interior minister, who, having clocked that I was Canadian, immediately wanted my views on the...
January 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Stephen Thompson | Walrus
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