When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. | Credit: NAO/FASTChina has kicked off of a second phase of construction to enhance the capabilities of what is already the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope.The on the Array.Related: China is opening the world’s largest radio telescope up to international scientistsRELATED STORIES:— China wants to launch a moon-orbiting telescope array as soon as 2026— China finishes building world’s largest radio telescope— Did China just detect signals from an alien civilization?FAST was completed in 2016 and became fully operational in early 2020. It has so far detected more than 900 pulsars, or fast-spinning neutron stars. The giant facility has also been open to research requests from international scientists and teams since early 2021.
