{"id":282269,"date":"2024-02-12T21:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=282269"},"modified":"2024-02-12T21:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:41:47","slug":"fast-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fast-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>-This post on FAST Telescope<\/strong> is based on the article “Chinese astronomers find radio pulsar in a supernova remnant<\/a><\/strong>” published in “Physics.org<\/strong>” on 9th February 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Recently, astronomers from Nanjing University and other institutions discovered a radio pulsar in the supernova remnant CTB 87 using the FAST telescope.<\/p>\n

What is Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST)?<\/h2>\n
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1. Location<\/strong>– It is located<\/span>\u00a0in a karst depression in Guizhou, China.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Size<\/strong>– It is the world’s biggest single-dish radio telescope<\/span>, with a receiving area as large as 30 football fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Objective:<\/strong>
\na.<\/strong> Detect neutral hydrogen<\/span> at the universe’s edge to reconstruct images of the early universe.
\nb.<\/strong> Detect\u00a0pulsars<\/span>, set up a pulsar timing array, and engage in pulsar navigation.
\n<\/span>c. <\/strong>D<\/span>etecting<\/span> gravitational waves in the future<\/span>.
\nd.<\/strong> Leading\u00a0the International Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry Network<\/span> to study celestial bodies’ hyperfine structures.
\ne.<\/strong> Searching for signals of interstellar communication<\/span>.<\/p>\n

What are Pulsars?<\/h2>\n

1. Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating neutron stars<\/span> that emit beams of electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles.<\/p>\n

2. These beams are observed as regular pulses of radiation<\/span>, hence named as “pulsars.”<\/p>\n

3. Pulsars are formed from the remnants of massive stars<\/span> that have undergone supernova explosions.<\/p>\n

What are Supernova Remnants?<\/h2>\n

1. Supernova remnants are the bright, expanding clouds of gas<\/span> and dust<\/span> formed when massive stars explode.<\/p>\n

2. As these stars end their lives, they eject their outer layers into space, while their dense core remains as a neutron star or black hole.<\/p>\n

3. Supernova remnants play a crucial role in the life cycle of galaxies. They<\/span><\/span> enrich interstellar space with heavy elements and trigger the formation of new stars.<\/p>\n

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Source-This post on FAST Telescope is based on the article “Chinese astronomers find radio pulsar in a supernova remnant” published in “Physics.org” on 9th February 2024. Why in the News? Recently, astronomers from Nanjing University and other institutions discovered a radio pulsar in the supernova remnant CTB 87 using the FAST telescope. What is Five-hundred-meter… Continue reading FAST Telescope<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-282269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}