What is a pulsar

Pulsars were first discovered in 1967. At that time, Bell, a female graduate student, discovered that a star in the constellation Fox would emit periodic radio waves. After careful analysis, scientists believe that this is an unknown celestial body. This star is named pulsar because it constantly sends out electromagnetic pulse signals.

On May 20th, 20021year, the research team of the National Astronomical Observatory made use of the important progress made by the 500-meter spherical radio telescope (FAST) FAST officially released and discovered 20 1 new pulsar.