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NASA Wants to Send a Mission to Neptune's Moon Triton

In the coming years, NASA has some bold plans to build on the success of the New Horizons mission. Not only did this spacecraft make history by conducting the first-ever flyby of Pluto in 2015, it has since followed up on that by making the first encounter in history with a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) — 2014 MU69 (aka Ultima Thule ). Given the wealth of data and stunning images that resulted from these events (which NASA scientists are still processing), other similarly ambitious missions to explore the outer solar system are being considered. For example, there is the proposal for the Trident spacecraft, a Discovery-class mission that would reveal things about Neptune's largest moon, Triton. These findings were presented at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2019, which took place from March 19th to 22nd in The Woodlands, Texas. This annual conference allows planetary science specialists from around the world to come together to share mission proposals an...
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China's FAST Is The World's Largest Radio Telescope


China has joined the hunt for extraterrestrial life in a massive way. In July 2016, construction on the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, called FAST for short, was completed. The structure is the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world. According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, the mission for the telescope is to "search for intelligent life from outer space" and look out for pulsars that sit more than 1,000 light-years out inspace.
This enormous telescope cost about $185 million, is 140 meters deep, has a 1.6-km circumference, and is made up of nearly 4,500 panels. FAST is located in China's Guizhou province in the southwest region of the country, where it will be protected from electromagnetic disruption. Check out the videos below to learn more and FAST and other impressive telescopes.

Inside FAST, World's Largest Radio Telescope

The 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope is bigger than you think



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