A team of researchers in China have discovered a stunning binary star system where a stellar object known as a pulsar orbited ...

Binary star systems are pairs of stars held together by gravity, orbiting a common center of mass. More than half of all ...

The stars in a binary can vary widely in mass, size, and brightness, and their interactions often shape their evolution in ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star system, where one of the stars is a millisecond pulsar and the other is made ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. In recent years ...

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) and by analyzing archival Arecibo Observatory data, astronomers have investigated a distant pulsar designated PSR B1310+18A.

A panoramic photo of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest filled-aperture and most sensitive radio telescope, is taken on Sept 25, 2024.

China has kicked off of a second phase of construction to enhance the capabilities of what is already the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

China launched the construction of the testing prototype for the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) Core Array on Wednesday, aiming to greatly enhance the astronomical ...

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope in Pingtang, Guizhou province, on Feb 26. The image was captured during the facility's maintenance period with the use of physical filters.

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is getting a helping hand from smart robots, which will be used to maintain its operations and help with its different tasks.

Even radio telescopes need a roomba sometimes. Chinese authorities announced recently that a handful of "smart" robots have been inspected and approved for use in the upkeep of China's Five ...