WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE
to eminent scientists on the occasion along with other CSIR
awards.
World’s largest radio telescope built in China:
China has built world’s largest radio telescope
nicknamed Tianyan (Heavenly Eye” or “The Eye
of Heaven) or the five-hundred-metre aperture
spherical radio telescope (FAST). It has started
its operation and is part of China’s drive to
become a science powerhouse. It is located in
the Dawodang depression (vast natural crater),
a natural basin in Pingtang County in the
Guizhou Province, Southwest China.
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