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China Completes World's Largest Radio Telescope
China has fitted the final piece on what will be the world's largest radio telescope. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is set to begin operations in September, China state ...
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Incredible photo catches the sun rising behind the world's largest telescope
The massive dome measures 305 feet (93 meters) in diameter, or about the size of a football field and stands 263 feet (80 ...
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World's largest solar telescope gains powerful new 'eye' to study the sun's secrets
"The instrument is, so to speak, the heart of the solar telescope, which is now finally beating at its final destination." ...
Watch a Telescope Titan Rise: ELT’s Year of Steel, Mirrors, and Lasers (Time-Lapse Video)
The ELT is leaping toward the stars, quite literally — its massive dome, once skeletal, is now clad in protective armor, ...
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World's largest solar telescope turns on powerful new camera, revealing breathtaking image of a continent-size sunspot
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, can see the sun in unprecedented detail. Here is ...
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China adds cutting-edge tech to global SKA telescope network
China Science Daily reported on Monday. The SKA Observatory is a next-generation giant radio telescope array that is under construction. Once completed, it will be the world's largest radio ...
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China adds cutting-edge tech to global SKA telescope network
The Chinese node, built by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, passed the ...