The World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens

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At the end of this September, China will inaugurate a 30-yard radio telescope with a cost of $180 million for the purpose of searching for alien life in the distant universe. After this million-dollar project is completed, this will be the largest telescope.

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 1 The FAST project was announced in 1994 and began construction in March 2011 at a cost of US $180 million. The last reflector was completed on July 3.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 2 The 500 m aperture spherical telescope (FAST) of China was built in Pingtang District, Guizhou Province. The area is sparsely populated and has a natural "basin" and is unaffected by telephone and radar waves.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 3 FAST's giant disk surface has a diameter of 500 m, including 4,450 reflectors equivalent to 30 football fields completed after 5 years. In 2009, 9,110 residents around the area were relocated to ensure a spacious space for FAST to operate.(Photo: Imaginechina.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 4 The mission of the FAST telescope is to search for alien life. With high sensitivity, FAST can detect very weak radio signals. The device was also used to further investigate the Milky Way, the origin of the universe, fast-rotating neutron stars with high magnetic fields, emitting electromagnetic radiation from the field.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 5 FAST needs quiet space within a 10 km radius to operate. So, within a radius of 4.8 km around the telescope, there are no residents. All hunting, logging, reclamation and construction activities in the area are strictly prohibited from September 25.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 6 After going into operation from the end of September, FAST will undergo a calibration process lasting 2 or 3 years. During that time, scientists will use it for initial research.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 7 Of the seven signal receivers of FAST, five are produced in the country and the other two are Chinese cooperation products with organizations in Australia and the United States.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 8 It took 17 years for Chinese scientists to find a position that was large and suitable to build FAST telescopes.(Photo: Xinhua.)

World's Largest Telescope Hunting Aliens - illustration 9 Inauguration, the FAST "throne" of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, became the world's largest radio telescope.(Photo: Xinhua.)

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