The world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope, using an active 500-metre reflector to study pulsars, fast radio bursts, neutral hydrogen, and deep-space signals.
Identity
Name
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
Region
ASIA
Slug
fast-radio-telescope
Type
observatory
Details
Description
The world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope, using an active 500-metre reflector to study pulsars, fast radio bursts, neutral hydrogen, and deep-space signals.