So many Chinese tourists have been swarming to the site of the world’s biggest radio telescope that they may affect the giant dish from performing its job properly, scientists say.
In just the first half of the year, nearly four million tourists visited Fast, the 500-metre aperture spherical telescope, in Pingtang county, Guizhou province, according to government statistics released this month.
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