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China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Xinhua]
China is building a giant radio telescope in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The main tower of the telescope was capped on Sunday, ushering in the official start of its interior decoration.
Located in a valley basin of Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, the telescope has an aperture of 110 meters and is expected to be completed and put into use in 2028.
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