Telescope elevates China's polar research

WUHAN — China has unveiled the "Three Gorges Antarctic Eye", a 3.2-meter aperture radio/millimeter-wave telescope, at a scientific research station in Antarctica.

Officially launched at the country's Zhongshan Station in Antarctica on April 3, the telescope, codeveloped by China Three Gorges University and Shanghai Normal University, further cemented China's advancements in Antarctic astronomy.

The Three Gorges Antarctic Eye has officially begun scientific observations of the Milky Way's neutral hydrogen and ammonia molecular spectral lines, providing vital data to help unravel the dynamics of interstellar gas and the processes of star formation, CTGU told Xinhua on Monday.