Saturday, July 9, 2016

World's Biggest Bug (You need it if you want to bug aliens.)

China Wants To ‘Eavesdrop’ On Aliens With This Giant Radio Telescope

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China hoisted the final piece into position on what will be the world's largest radio telescope, which it will use to explore space and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, state media said.

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 poor southwestern province of Guizhou. more