China invests in the hunt for aliens with world’s largest radio telescope

 The last of 4,450 triangular panels was installed to complete the world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope, located in China’s Guizhou Province. A monument of China’s dedication to the field of astronomy, the telescope will be used to study pulsars and search for alien life in the universe. The 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is a $185 million project… Read More

from TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/05/china-invests-in-the-hunt-for-aliens-with-worlds-largest-radio-telescope/?ncid=rss