{"id":152565,"date":"2026-06-06T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152565"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:00:07","slug":"how-china-is-working-to-turn-saishiteng-mountain-into-the-worlds-largest-astronomy-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152565","title":{"rendered":"How China is working to turn Saishiteng Mountain into the world\u2019s largest astronomy base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostConstruction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth\u2019s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on track to house the world\u2019s biggest astronomy base by the mid-2030s, according to project scientists.<br \/>\nDeng Licai, lead scientist for site planning at the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) in Beijing, said the telescopes at Saishiteng Mountain in northwestern Qinghai province would stretch between 6.5 metres (21.3 feet) and 14.5 metres across, and partner with dozens of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3356164\/how-china-working-turn-saishiteng-mountain-worlds-largest-astronomy-base?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostConstruction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth\u2019s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on track to house the world\u2019s biggest&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152565"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}