New Canadian <br />Radio Telescope <br />Picks up Deep Space Signal The Canadian Hydrogen <br />Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) <br />in British Columbia recently acquired <br />a new radio telescope. CHIME spends most <br />of its time listening for signals coming from outer space. Radio telescopes rarely <br />pick up anything out of the ordinary, but on July 25th, CHIME's <br />new radio telescope did. The Astronomer's Telegram indicated <br />that CHIME's new device detected <br />a Fast Radio Burst (FRB). While FRB's aren't entirely uncommon, their origins remain unknown. They come from so <br />far away that no one has the slightest <br />clue where they stem from. The FRB that was detected by CHIME, now called FRB 180725A, is special because it had a frequency of 580 Mhz. No FRB has ever been detected <br />below 700 Mhz before. Aside from being able to document FRB's, <br />scientists and researchers have <br />very little information about them. Some people speculate that they come from black holes, some say alien civilizations and others attribute an exploding star. Whatever the cause, one thing is for certain. Canada's find is one-of-a-kind.
