This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows China\’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China\’s Guizhou Province. China\’s Five-hundred-meter Apertur
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China\’s gigantic telescope detects over 900 new pulsars
GUIYANG, April 17 (Xinhua) — China\’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world\’s largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its
\”Lobster eyes\” in sky, a major breakthrough in China\’s space science technology
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — China\’s newly launched X-ray astronomical satellite Einstein Probe (EP) has adopted a cutting-edge technology inspired by the functioning of lobster\’s eyes, marking a brea
Chinese scientists reveal physical mechanism of fast radio burst generated by magnetar
This aerial panoramic photo taken on July 26, 2023 shows China\’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China\’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
BEIJING, Aug. 3
North China battles heavy downpours, flooding
Pedestrians walk on a muddy street in flood-hit Mentougou District of Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
SHIJIAZHUANG, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Nine people have died and six are
9 dead, 6 missing in Hebei rainstorms
SHIJIAZHUANG, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Nine people have died and six are missing in north China\’s Hebei Province as of noon on Tuesday as rainstorms continue, local authorities have said.
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More grand discoveries made at FAST
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope in Guizhou province on June 23. [Photo/Xinhua]
Scientists use telescope to find evidence of nanohertz gravitational waves
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Chinese astronomers uncover new discoveries about two comets
Photo taken on July 18, 2020 shows Comet NEOWISE in the starry sky over the Ming\’antu observing station of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Zhengxiangbai