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FAST telescope IDs 132 pulsar candidates

By Yangjun in Guiyang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-08-06 20:41
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FAST, photographed at night, has an eerie quality. [Photo by Ceng Longwu/for chinadaily.com.cn]

In April, FAST discovered a new fast radio burst, or FRB, mysterious signals believed to be from the distant universe. FRBs are the brightest bursts known in the universe, the report said. They are called fast because the blips are of very short duration, only several milliseconds. There is no scientific explanation for their origin as yet.

The radio bursts come from the depths of the universe and originated 8.5 billion years ago, experts said.

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