The world's largest telescope captures strange signals from space

09:02 13.09.2019(Updated 09:14 13.09.2019) Copy link

The world's largest telescope has captured signals likely to be 3 billion light-years away from Earth.

In August and September, Chinese scientists detected more than 100 radio signals emitted by a single source in space.

The researchers were able to identify these signals through the Chinese FAST telescope, in service since 2016. This is the first time that such a large radio flux is detected in such a short time.

Scientists want to know the origin of these flows. The more information they collect, the more they will be able to know where they come from.

These fast radio streams are called "Loymar Streams", according to astronomer Duncan Lorimer, radio waves that last only a few milliseconds, but produce energy equivalent to 10,000 years of the Sun.

The FAST telescope is the largest in the world. It is the highest telescope in the world in terms of accuracy of observation and search volume.