The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope – aka FAST – is the world’s largest radio telescope. Hewn out of a mountain in China at a cost of $180 million, it will explore space and hunt for extraterrestrial life. E&T news reported the story about China’s hunt for alien life in full detail earlier this week. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading FAST telescope to hunt for extraterrestrial life – an annotated infographic