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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has completed installation of the world’s largest telescope
A
Australia
B
US
C
China
D
Saudi Arabia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is China. Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, or FAST. Built as the world’s largest telescope built by China. The project was made to sense radio waves from space.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hobby Eberly. Before its success as one of the world’s largest optical telescopes, Hobby Eberly’s design was unique. One element that helped make it stand out from existing telescopes was that its mirror is always tilted 55 degrees up from the horizon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The largest single-unit radio telescope is the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) located in Guizhou province, China.

Detailed explanation-4: -NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope often leave us mesmerised by sharing jaw-dropping images of the universe. The $10 billion observatory is the largest and the most powerful space telescope to date and it released its first scientific images on July 12, 2022.

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