Tag Archive for 'FAST'

An AI impression of a compact binary system. Image credit: Gemini AI.

Newly-Discovered Compact Binary System Formed when Neutron Star Orbited inside Another Star

May 22, 2025 by News Staff

This binary system contains a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar called PSR J1928+1815 and its helium star companion. An AI impression of a compact binary...

This artist’s impression shows the millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 stealing gas from its companion star. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

Matter Ejections Explain Peculiar High-Low Mode Switches in Distant Millisecond Pulsar

Aug 30, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 is known to switch between two brightness modes almost constantly, something that until now has been an enigma. This...

Contour map of the integrated atomic hydrogen emission in the vicinity of Stephan’s Quintet overlaid on the composite color image. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Astronomers Spot Enormous Gas Cloud around Stephan’s Quintet

Nov 8, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) have discovered a 2-million-light-year-wide cloud of atomic hydrogen around...

An artist’s conception of a neutron star with an ultra-strong magnetic field, called a magnetar, emitting radio waves (red). Image credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO / AUI / NSF.

Astronomers Detect Repeating Fast Radio Burst Associated with Persistent Radio Emission

Jun 8, 2022 by News Staff

FRB 190520 is only the second example of a repeating fast radio burst with a compact source of persistent radio emission between bursts. An artist’s...

Astronomers Detect 1,652 Fast Radio Bursts from Source in Distant Dwarf Galaxy

Oct 14, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using the new Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) have detected 1,652 independent burst events from the FRB 121102...

An artist’s impression of a pulsar. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

FAST Radio Telescope Discovers 201 New Pulsars

May 20, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) have discovered 201 pulsars, including currently the faintest pulsars...

An artist’s impression of the SGR 1935+2154 magnetar in outburst, showing complex magnetic field structure and beamed emission. Image credit: McGill University Graphic Design Team.

Fast Radio Burst Detected from Magnetar in Milky Way

Nov 9, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using the CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) and FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope) telescopes...