Unveiling the Milky Way's Gas Secrets Using Fast Radio Searchlights
In a new study, astrophysicists have developed a novel way to search for gas in the Milky Way galaxy: fast radio searchlights. By using radio telescopes to send out short, sharp bursts of radio waves, they can probe the galaxy for the presence of hydrogen gas, the most abundant element in the universe. The study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that this method could be used to map out where gas is distributed in the Milky Way, as well as to detect the presence of galaxies beyond our own. The searchlights could even be used to detect the presence of dark matter, which is believed to make up most of the universe but is still largely mysterious.
source: Phys.org