500-metre aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST), 500米口徑球面射電望遠鏡

Guizhou, China
The 500-metre aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST) on its first day of operation in Pingtang. The world’s largest radio telescope began operating will help humanity search for alien life, says Beijing
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The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is seen on its first day of operation in Pingtang, in southwestern China's Guizhou province on September 25, 2016. The world's largest radio telescope began operating in southwestern China on September 25, a project which Beijing says will help humanity search for alien life. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)
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