Top Super Telescopes on Earth

"Top Super Telescopes on Earth and Their Discoveries"

Whenever we talk about space, the name of telescope comes up. Because only because of the invention of the telescope we have been able to see the infinite universe. Today all countries are creating new advanced technologies to stay ahead of other countries. Building giant telescopes to propel themselves into space. In which America, China, Russia, Spain, Japan all these countries are ahead. Right now I am talking about the top six super telescopes on Earth and their discoveries.

1). FIVE HUNDRED METER APERTURE SPHERICAL TELESCOPE (FAST) :

Aerial Photo taken on the early morning of July 25, 2022 shows a panoramic view of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in Southwest China's Guizhou Province. Photo: Xinhua

Called Fast, this telescope is located in Guizhou City, China. It is the world's largest radio telescope, large enough to easily fit 30 football fields. You must have seen the photo of this world famous telescope somewhere. The telescope, which looks like a saucer in the middle and a rotating tower on the side, was completed in 2016. Thus, most telescopes are located in open space or on high ground, but this telescope is located in a bay. Any telescope should have 5 kilometers of free space around it wherever it is located.

So during the construction of this telescope, an estimated 10000 people were relocated from 8 villages around. The telescope worked for the first time in 2020 to detect signals from the outside world. Apart from this, some mysterious signals have been detected on the moon which no one has been able to identify till date. The main objective of this telescope is to search for life outside the Earth and to search for the existence of aliens. In the year 2021, it collected information about stars 1,000 light years away. Apart from this, the Chinese government has declared a NO FLYING ZONE in 15 kilometers around this telescope.

2) SUBARU TELESCOPE :

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This telescope, built by NASA in 1998 and located in America, has discovered thousands of galaxies in space. The telescope is operated by NASA and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. This telescope results in 75 times more precision than other telescopes. In 2019, a team from this telescope made a claim that an alien world exists 3300 light years away. In which he presented many proofs to the world.

After that, within two days of getting the evidence, all the space agencies of the world, and all the telescopes and radars were announced to be involved in this project. The discovery was subsequently named HIP-99770b. Till date this project is not completed. Finally, in June 2023, the head of the project, Thane Currie, said, "An alien world has been discovered. And we are currently trying to study its atmosphere." So far, an alien planet has a ring of ice around it. which revolves around that planet.

3). EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE :

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If you've seen a black hole photo, it was first captured by this telescope. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is not one but a series of telescopes. Which includes Pathfinder Lab, Greenland Telescope (GLT), Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope (SMT), James Clark Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and South Pole Telescope (SPT) Submillimeter Array etc. 

So this telescope is not owned by any one country but it is a telescope made by twenty countries together. Each year since the first data capture from space in 2006 has seen the radio telescope uncover more and more mysteries of the universe. The black hole's gravitational pull causes light to move through darkness. Its image was generated in 2019. In addition, solar storms on the Sun and craters on the Moon are also captured.

-- Bhautik Thummar.