CRACO: Sifting the Cosmic Sands for Astronomical Treasures

2025-02-01
CRACO: Sifting the Cosmic Sands for Astronomical Treasures

Australian scientists have developed CRACO, a cutting-edge system for the ASKAP radio telescope, rapidly identifying mysterious fast radio bursts and other celestial phenomena from massive amounts of space data. Like searching for a coin on a beach, CRACO processes 100 billion pixels per second, already discovering multiple fast radio bursts and unusual neutron stars. Soon to be available globally, CRACO promises to revolutionize radio astronomy research.