FAST

Overview

FAST, the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope in China, is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, used to study pulsars and fast radio bursts.

Observing bands

Knowledge connections

• StudiesThe Milky Way
• Operated byNational Astronomical Observatories, CAS
• ObservesRadio

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.