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Jul 05, 2016

Final Piece on World's Largest Radio Telescope Fitted

China has fitted the final piece on what will be the world's largest radio telescope, due to begin operations in September, state media report.
The 500m-wide Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the size of 30 football fields.
The $180m (£135m) satellite project will be used to explore space and help look for extraterrestrial life.
FAST will replace the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which is around 300m (984ft) in diameter, as the world's largest telescope.

Jun 29, 2016

Huge Reserve of Helium Gas Discovered

Scientists have discovered a huge helium gas field in Tanzania, which could address the increasingly critical shortage of this vital yet rare element.
Until now helium has never been found intentionally, being accidentally discovered in small quantities during oil and gas drilling.

Jun 25, 2016

Unexpected Mineral Spotted on Mars

Scientists claim to have discovered tridymite, an unexpected silica mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars that may alter our understanding of how the Red Planet evolved.
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been exploring sedimentary rocks within Gale Crater since its landing in August 2012.

Jun 21, 2016

World's Most Powerful Computer

A new supercomputer from China has topped the latest list of the world's most powerful machines.
At its peak, the 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight can perform around 93,000 trillion calculations per second.
It is twice as fast and three times as efficient as the previous leader Tianhe-2, also from China.

Jun 18, 2016

Small Asteroid Circling the Earth Discovered

Astronomers have discovered a small asteroid that is circling the Earth as part of its orbit around the sun.
The new asteroid, named 2016 HO3 appears to circle around our planet as it orbits the sun.
This small asteroid has been with us for nearly a century.

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