Giant telescope is ready
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China completed commissioning of the world鈥檚 largest and most sensitive radio telescope on Saturday, putting it into formal operation after a productive three-year trial.
The telescope will gradually be opened to astronomers around the globe, providing them with a powerful tool to uncover the mysteries surrounding the genesis and evolutions of the universe.
All technical indicators of the telescope have reached or exceeded the planned level and its performance is world-leading, Shen Zhulin, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a commissioning meeting on Saturday.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope is a single-dish telescope with a diameter of half a kilometer and a receiving area equivalent to about 30 football fields.
It is located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China鈥檚 Guizhou Province.
After its commissioning, FAST can now be used for observation at full capacity and is expected to make a number of major scientific discoveries in the coming two or three years, said Jiang Peng, its chief engineer.
In over two years, FAST has identified 102 new pulsars, more than the total number of pulsars discovered by research teams in Europe and the United States during the same period.
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