Major breakthroughs in China's science and technology in 2021
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Updated: 2021-12-31 06:30
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9. FAST telescope officially opens to global astronomers
On March 31, China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, the world's largest single-dish and most sensitive radio telescope, officially opened to the world.
Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in Southwest China's Guizhou province, FAST telescope started construction in 2011 and finished in 2016. It was put into formal operation on Jan 11, 2020.
Since it started operation, FAST has provided stable and reliable services. It has found 300 pulsars and made breakthroughs in fields such as fast radio bursts, a type of powerful radio wave in the sky.
