China to resettle thousands for making space for telescope

August 31, 2016 20:50

China's Guizhou Province has started to move nearly 8,000 people from their homes to make way for the world's largest radio telescope which has a dish the size of 30 football grounds, officials said today.

The people being moved out are from eight villages in Pingtang County, of Qiannan Buyi and Miao autonomous prefecture ahead of the completion of the facility in September.

FAST, the Five hundred meter, Aperture Spherical Telescope, is made of 4,450 panels.

Scientists have depicted it as a super-sensitive "ear", capable of spotting very weak messages -- if there are any -- from space, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Upon completion in September, FAST will require radio silence within a 5-kilometer radius.

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