Radio astronomers have used a radio telescope network the size of the Earth to zoom in on a unique phenomenon in a distant galaxy: a jet activated by a star being consumed by a supermassive black hole. The record-sharp observations reveal a compact and surprisingly slowly moving source of radio waves, with details published in…
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China has built a HUGE telescope to look for aliens
China has finished the installation of the world’s largest radio telescope, according to reports from state media. The last of the telescope’s 4,450 triangular panels was fitted into the dish this weekend, ahead of the telescope’s planned launch in September. The Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (or FAST) is the size of 30 soccer fields,…