{"id":373124,"date":"2026-10-03T16:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373124"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:22:57","slug":"canadian-hydrogen-intensity-mapping-experiment-chime-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/canadian-hydrogen-intensity-mapping-experiment-chime-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of hydrogen\u2019s faint glow from when the universe was about five billion years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Telescope<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373129\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-373129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TNIE.jpg?resize=300%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Telescope\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TNIE.jpg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TNIE.jpg?w=709&amp;ssl=1 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TNIE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME<\/strong>) is a <strong>radio telescope <\/strong><strong>built in 2017<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is located in <strong>British Columbia, Canada.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> It was built to <strong>map the distribution of hydrogen gas in the early universe<\/strong> and study <strong>cosmic expansion and dark energy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Working Mechanism:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Radio-wave collection:<\/strong> Its <strong>four<\/strong> massive <strong>parabolic antennas<\/strong> collect <strong>radio waves in the 400\u2013800 MHz range<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"434\">Digital focusing:<\/strong> It has <strong data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"461\">no moving parts<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It uses <strong data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"500\">digital signal processing<\/strong> to focus incoming radio signals and determine their direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data processing:<\/strong> A powerful correlator <strong>processes data at about 7 terabits per second.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sky coverage:<\/strong> As <strong>Earth rotates, the telescope receives radio signals from half of the sky.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hydrogen mapping:<\/strong> It maps the <strong>combined radio glow of hydrogen <\/strong>to study its <strong>distribution and clustering.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Independent observations:<\/strong> It can <strong>study dark energy using its own data without relying on other<\/strong> telescope results.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other capability:<\/strong> It can <strong>detect and study Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) from distant galaxies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of hydrogen\u2019s faint glow from when the universe was about five billion years old. About Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Telescope The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a radio telescope built in 2017. Location: It is located in British Columbia, Canada. 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