China is making one of the largest radio telescopes in the world

China next year, intends to complete the construction of the five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) - one of the world's largest radio telescopes. As the name implies, the diameter of the telescope is 500 meters. Thus, according to this indicator FAST significantly surpass radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory, which has a mirror diameter of about 305 meters of the reflector is currently one of the largest in the world (using one of the aperture). 

The largest fully steerable radio telescope built in Asia

In Shanghai's Dongxiang district, on the territory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, built the largest fully steerable radio telescope in Asia. This plant, with a diameter of 65 meters, is the fourth largest in the world.

Usually, projects of this magnitude take 8 to 10 years, but the Chinese have always been known for the fact that they can work quickly. 

Star cluster for the first time found a pair of black holes

M22 star cluster in our galaxy is located at a distance of 10,000 light-years from Earth. Administer to make a discovery by observing a super-large array radio telescopes located in New Mexico.

U.S. astronomers have detected about two separate black holes in the same star cluster M22, located in the constellation Sagittarius. The paper was published in the journal Nature, a summary of its results ScienceNow.