FAST detects new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese astronomers have detected a new ultra-faint ...
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FAST telescope confirms 'radio-quiet' nature of selected magnetars
A recent study utilizing the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) has confirmed the "radio-quiet" characteristics of four magnetars and one magnetar-like pulsar.
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Chinese Radio Telescope Hopes To Find Exoplanets FAST
The Chinese are ready to open up a new radio telescope called FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope). As the name implies, it is 500 meters in diameter which is about 1,600 ...
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Engineer advocates youth astronomy education
Jiang Peng, NPC deputy and the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) project chief engineer After earning his PhD in 2009, Jiang Peng, now 47, joined the team behind the ...
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The world's largest radio telescope
The 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is being built in China. With a dish the size of 30 football fields, it will be the largest radio telescope in the world when it is completed in 2016.