World's largest radio telescope starts formal operation
Updated: January 12, 2020 09:39Xinhua
Photo taken on Jan 8, 2020 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in Southwest China's Guizhou province. China completed commissioning of the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope on Jan 11, putting it into formal operation after a productive three-year trial. 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. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 8, 2020 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 9, 2020 shows reflector panels on the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 9, 2020 shows the feed cabin of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Staff members work at the control room of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 9, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 9, 2020 shows reflector panels on the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
A worker checks the reflector panels on the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 9, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
