CHIME telescope yields unprecedented results Updated: Updated: June 10, 2021 19:50 IST Scientific collaboration detects more than 500 mysterious fast radio bursts in its first year of operation Share Article AAA Scientific collaboration detects more than 500 mysterious fast radio bursts in its first year of operation Scientists with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Collaboration, who include researchers at the Pune-based Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), have assembled the largest collection of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the telescope’s first FRB catalogue. While catching sight of an FRB is considered a rare thing in the field of radio astronomy, prior to the CHIME project, radio astronomers had only caught sight of around 140 bursts in their scopes since the first FRB was spotted in 2007.