Miss Zomboko
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Huko nchini China,darubini kubwa zaidi duniani ya mawimbi ya redio iliyopewa jina la FAST ambayo ina ukubwa sawa na viwanja vya mpira 30 imemakamilisha kipindi cha majaribio.
Wanasayansi nchini china wametangaza kwamba darubini hiyo imeanza kutumika rasmi.
Ujenzi wa darubini hiyo kubwa iliyopo katika eneo la Guizhou ulichukua miaka 5 na ulikamilika mwaka 2016.
Gharama za ujenzi wa darubini hiyo ni dola za Marekani milioni 180. Darubini hiyo inatambulika kama jicho la China angani.
Darubini hiyo ina uwezo wa kukusanya taarifa zenye ukubwa wa gigabyte 38 ndani ya sekunde 1. Kwa kutafuta haidrojeni asilia na mawimbi ya radio yanayosambazwa na nyota na kutathimini taarifa hizo itasaidia katika kufanya uchunguzi wa anga.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Saturday officially opened operations of the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the size of 30 football fields and has been hewed out of a mountain in the southwestern province of Guizhou. It is also known by the name “Sky Eye” in China.
Xinhua reported that the telescope had received national approval to start operations. It finished construction in 2016 and has been undergoing debugging and tests in the years since.
FAST’s Chief Engineer Jiang Peng told Xinhua that the telescope’s trial operations had so far been reliable and stable, and that its sensitivity was more than 2.5 times that of the world’s second-largest telescope.
The project has also obtained some valuable scientific data over that time and is expected to help lead to some breakthroughs in areas such as low-frequency gravitational wave detection and interstellar molecules in the next three to five years, Xinhua said.
Advancing China’s space program is a priority for Beijing, and the country has set a target to catch up with Russia and the United States and become a major space power by 2030.
Beijing plans to launch construction of its own manned space station next year.
source - reuters
Wanasayansi nchini china wametangaza kwamba darubini hiyo imeanza kutumika rasmi.
Ujenzi wa darubini hiyo kubwa iliyopo katika eneo la Guizhou ulichukua miaka 5 na ulikamilika mwaka 2016.
Gharama za ujenzi wa darubini hiyo ni dola za Marekani milioni 180. Darubini hiyo inatambulika kama jicho la China angani.
Darubini hiyo ina uwezo wa kukusanya taarifa zenye ukubwa wa gigabyte 38 ndani ya sekunde 1. Kwa kutafuta haidrojeni asilia na mawimbi ya radio yanayosambazwa na nyota na kutathimini taarifa hizo itasaidia katika kufanya uchunguzi wa anga.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Saturday officially opened operations of the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the size of 30 football fields and has been hewed out of a mountain in the southwestern province of Guizhou. It is also known by the name “Sky Eye” in China.
Xinhua reported that the telescope had received national approval to start operations. It finished construction in 2016 and has been undergoing debugging and tests in the years since.
FAST’s Chief Engineer Jiang Peng told Xinhua that the telescope’s trial operations had so far been reliable and stable, and that its sensitivity was more than 2.5 times that of the world’s second-largest telescope.
The project has also obtained some valuable scientific data over that time and is expected to help lead to some breakthroughs in areas such as low-frequency gravitational wave detection and interstellar molecules in the next three to five years, Xinhua said.
Advancing China’s space program is a priority for Beijing, and the country has set a target to catch up with Russia and the United States and become a major space power by 2030.
Beijing plans to launch construction of its own manned space station next year.
source - reuters
