Telescope set to unravel cosmic mysteries

Zooming in: The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope in Pingtang, Guizhou province, China. Amateur astronomers have given the facility the nickname Tianyan, or ‘The Eye of Heaven’. — Xinhua

HONG KONG: The Chinese Survey Space Telescope, also known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) or Xuntian Space Telescope, is a space-based optical observatory that will allow astronomers to conduct surveys by capturing a general map or images of the sky.

The CSST is a bus-sized facility, whose length is equal to that of a three-story building.