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  • Moiya McTier
    • May 3, 2019
    • 1 min read

Astronomy Fun Fact #19

The biggest telescope on Earth is FAST (Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) in China. Like the name suggests, it's 500 m (1640 ft) across. It's so big that it actually can't move, and can only stare at the sky directly above it.

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