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China to open up Fast telescope to foreigners and help hunt for alien life
Published on: 2021-01-05
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Fast, the world’s largest radio telescope, will open to non-Chinese scientists later this year for a wide range of projects, including the search for alien civilisations.
 

Researchers interested in using the 500 metre (640 feet) wide telescope in the southwestern region of Guizhou can submit their proposals to the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing starting from April 1.
 

As demand is expected to be huge, an expert panel will help screen the proposals for the most promising candidates. Foreign scientists may be able to start using the facilities by August, said Jiang Peng, the telescope’s chief engineer.
 

China is now the only country in the world that operates a giant telescope after the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed at the end of last year as a result of hurricanes and the failure to maintain it properly.
 

The Fast telescope – or Five-hundred-metre aperture spherical radio telescope – is so large that it can hold enough water to fill a bottle for every human being four times over. The telescope’s extreme size means it can intercept signals that other radio telescopes will miss – possibly including radio waves generated by extraterrestrials.
 

“中国天眼”4月1日起对全球科学界开放

被誉为“中国天眼”的500米口径球面射电望远镜(FAST)将于4月1日正式对全球科学界开放,征集来自全球科学家的观测申请。

据“中国天眼”运行和发展中心常务副主任、总工程师姜鹏介绍,自4月1日起,各国科学家可以通过在线方式向国家天文台提交观测申请,申请的项目将交由“中国天眼”科学委员会和时间分配委员会进行评审、提出项目遴选建议,并于8月1日起分配观测时间。“面向全球科学界开放的第一年,预计分配给国外科学家的观测时间约占10%。”姜鹏说。

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