BEIJING, Dec 2 (Alliance News): The National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently hosted a Fast Pulsar Science Seminar, highlighting a significant achievement for China’s space research.
As of November 2024, the 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST) in Guizhou Province has detected over 1,000 pulsars since its launch.
This milestone surpasses the total number found by other international telescopes in the same timeframe.
FAST has detected a substantial number of millisecond pulsars and pulsar binaries, enriching the variety and volume of pulsar data and offering new insights into their formation and evolution.
Observations made using pulsars are crucial for testing general relativity, detecting low-frequency gravitational waves, and advancing studies in pulsar physics and precise timekeeping.
