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Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST)----National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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China's FAST telescope opened up to scientists from 14 countries last year | South China Morning Post
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FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope) in China, is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope (500 m diameter). This image from 2019 shows a 7.6 m helium balloon, with researchers inside, tethered
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