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China Matters Releases A Documentary Film on China’s FAST Telescope

BEIJING, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On April 8, China started the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of China. FAST, or the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, will be the main device to conduct the mission. Located in Guizhou Province, FAST is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, which can detect radio-waves from billions of light-years away. China Matters It…