PINGTANG, Jan. 11, 2020 -- Panoramic photo taken on Jan. 11, 2020 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, FAST, under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China completed commissioning of the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope on Saturday, putting it into formal operation after a productive three-year trial. The telescope will gradually open to astronomers around the globe, providing them with a powerful tool to uncover the mysteries surrounding the genesis and evolutions of the universe. (Photo by Liu Xu/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Liu Xu via Getty Images)
已經啟用了一段時間的中國「天眼」FAST(Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope)500 米口徑球面射電望遠鏡,很快將迎來新的任務。據科技日報報導,這款全球最大的單面口徑射電望遠鏡將從九月開始搜尋地外文明。它目前正在對後端設備進行升級,在完成改進後 FAST 就能從大量電磁訊號中,篩選出對尋找外星生命有用的窄帶候選訊號。