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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country involved developing the world’s largest telescope construction recently?
A
Albania, Tirana,
B
Chile, Santiago
C
Belgium, Brussels
D
Morocco, Rabat
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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Known as the Square Kilometre Array, the mega observatory consists of huge clusters of dishes and antennas spread across remote parts of South Africa and Western Australia. Work is finally underway on the world’s largest radio astronomy observatory.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a ground-based extremely large telescope under construction, as part of the US Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP), as of 2022.

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