The FAST telescope in China used for pulsar discoveries

China's FAST telescope discovers over 1,300 pulsars in 10 years

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China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) has identified more than 1,300 pulsars in the past decade. This discovery count surpasses the total number of pulsars found by all other international telescopes combined during the same period, as reported at a recent academic conference.

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