Government2016

China opens FAST radio telescope, citing a search for alien signals

When: 25 Sep 2016
Where: Pingtang, China
Sources: 1 public source

NASA satellite image of the FAST radio telescope site in Guizhou during construction NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

China's state news agency Xinhua reported the opening of the 500-meter FAST radio telescope in Guizhou, then the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. Chinese astronomers said its work would include studying possible interstellar communication signals.

Sources

PressChina Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World (opens in a new tab)NPR / 2016-09-25

How sources are chosen and tiered

Where it fits

Earlier in GovernmentHillary Clinton pledges to look into UFO files on Jimmy Kimmel Live24 Mar 2016 Later in GovernmentFalcon 9 debris falls on Madura, Indonesia26 Sep 2016

See it on the timeline More in Government