China launched a project to build a large astronomical monitoring project on the Chinhai-Chezang plateau, with the aim of enhancing the country's capabilities in exploring the invisible cold universe by creating a high-resolution facility that deals with a noticeable gap in the current astronomical infrastructure.
The new telescope, called XSMT, will be held in Delling, in the northwestern Chinhai province, at an altitude of 4,800 meters. The project leads the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) in Nanjing, affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is scheduled to be completed in 2027.
XSMT is designed with a 15 -meter hole, and will support the monitoring of high -frequency unmontanely waves.
The lengths of the non -millimeter wave range from 0.1 to 1 mm, and the universal universal secrets of visible light and observations close to infrared, such as dust movement between stars, distribution of molecular gases, and the birth and growth of stars.
While traditional optical telescopes cannot penetrate the dust of the universe, the facilities of the non -millimeter waves can only reveal the laws of galaxies and their development, but can also follow the origins of life -related molecules, and play a decisive role in studying the formation of stars and planets.
However, the non -millometrium wave monitoring operations have strict requirements regarding the location conditions, one of which is that the content of the atmosphere on the site remains low and stable.
The scientists said that the telescope site is located in the heart of the Qinghai-Chezang plateau, known as the "ceiling of the world", as it is characterized by conditions such as high height, small human intervention and very low water vapor, making it an ideal site for monitoring.
China lacks a regular and operational monitoring facilities in the field of non -millimeter wavers. Scientists have stated that the planned XSMT will block this gap and support the leading astronomical research in China.
Lee Jing, a researcher at the Prime Minister's office, said that XSMT will focus on four scientific trends: astronomy outside the galaxy, the structure of the Milky Working, astronomy in the temporal field, and astronomical chemistry.
As the first advanced non -millimeter telescope is self -developed in China, XSMT is expected to join as soon as it is completed to the event horizon telescope from the next generation - a virtual landless network of Earth's size, which contributes to taking dynamic images of black holes and enhancing the international competitiveness of China in astronomy.
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