Telescope set to unravel cosmic mysteries - ecns

The Chinese Survey Space Telescope, also known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope or the Xuntian Space Telescope, is a space-based optical observatory that will allow astronomers to conduct surveys by capturing a general map or images of the sky.

A view of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in Pingtang, Guizhou province. Amateur astronomers have given the facility the nickname Tianyan, or "The Eye of Heaven". (OU DONGQU/XINHU… [+1605 chars]

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