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Chinese astronomers, with the help of a Chinese-made spherical radio telescope with a FAST aperture of 500 meters, have discovered more than 740 new pulsars in the universe
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Xinhua.
A pulsar, or rapidly spinning neutron star, is the core leftover from a supernova explosion.
The FAST telescope can be used to confirm the existence of gravitational radiation and black holes, and can help solve many other important problems in physics.
FAST chief engineer Jiang Peng said that since FAST was developed in September 2016, the annual observation time has exceeded 5,300 hours and the amount of data obtained daily has reached 30 to 40 terabytes.
He added that as of today, the device has detected more than 740 pulsars in the universe.
Unofficially called “China’s Celestial Eye”, FAST is noted to be the world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope, built and operational in September 2016 in Guizhou Province (southwest China). Officially launched in January 2020, this telescope is considered the most sensitive radio telescope in the world.
As Ukrinform reports, the James Webb space telescope accidentally discovered a previously unknown small celestial body in the asteroid belt drifting between Mars and Jupiter.
Photo: Xinhua/Ou Dongqu
Source: Ukrinform
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