Jiang said FAST is a one-of-a-kind telescope that required breakthroughs in numerous fields, from materials science to system calibrations. Over the last three years, the telescope has operated smoothly and efficiently despite the COVID-19 pandemic while producing many world-class scientific discoveries, he said.
"I am extremely fortunate to have dedicated myself to this legendary project," he said. "If we turn our gaze toward the future, we must remain sufficiently clear-headed and diligently solve key problems while constantly improving the performance of our telescope," he said.
"Only in this way can we possibly maintain the hard-won leading advantage of FAST amid fierce international competition." (chinadaily.com.cn)
Scientists have identified over 740 pulsars since October 2017 with the help of the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also dubbed as the "China Sky Eye."
The vast space between billions of stars in the Milky Way is not empty, but filled with thin interstellar medium. Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese scientists revealed the unprecedented details of the Galactic interstellar med...
86-10-68597521 (day)
86-10-68597289 (night)
86-10-68511095 (day)
86-10-68512458 (night)
cas_en@cas.cn
52 Sanlihe Rd., Xicheng District,
Beijing, China (100864)
Copyright © 2002 - Chinese Academy of Sciences
