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China’s ‘Sky Eye’ super telescope discovers 201 pulsars – Global Times
The 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST), also known as China’s Tianyan or
The 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST) sits in the middle of mountains Photo: Xinhua
The 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST), also known as China’s Tianyan or “Sky Eye,” has discovered 201 pulsars, including some faintest pulsars, 40 millisecond pulsars, and 16 pulsars in binaries.The discoveries were published on Thursday in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Located in Pingtang county, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, FAST was completed in 2016 and is…
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