China finishes construction of world's largest radio telescope
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
After more than five years of construction, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope is finally getting ready to open its eye. On July 3, 2016, with the installation of the last of its 4,450 reflecting panels - equivalent to the size of 30 soccer fields - the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is counting down to first light in two to three months' time.