China to upgrade world's largest single-dish radio telescope

2024-09-28 977

It is the world's largest single-dish and most sensitive radio telescope and has made many significant discoveries since its launch in 2016.

China's 500m Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) will soon be upgraded with 24 smaller telescopes built within the FAST site equal to 30 standard football fields.

Get up close to this monumental telescope, nicknamed ‘Tianyan’.

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