China operationalised world’s largest radio telescope

China operationalised the world’s largest radio telescope with a diameter of half-a-kilometre that the colossal device is expected to make major scientific discoveries in the coming years. The “Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope” (FAST) is a single-dish telescope and is located in southwest China’s Guiyang city. The telescope has a receiving area of around 30 football fields.

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The telescope will gradually open to astronomers around the globe, providing them with a powerful tool to uncover the mysteries surrounding the genesis and evolutions of the universe. All technical indicators of the telescope have reached or exceeded the planned level, and its performance is world-leading, Shen Zhulin, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said at the opening of the telescope.