Sunday, 25 September 2016

Largest radio telescope on Earth switched on in China

A bird's eye view of FAST

China is one step closer to leading the search for alien radio signals. On Sunday the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) has begun operations. FAST takes over the title of world's largest radio telescope from the 305-meter Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

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