Outgunning NASA’s Hubble, China Claims Its Xuntian Telescope With 350-Fold Bigger View Can Unravel ‘Cosmic Mysteries’

China is ramping up its efforts to explore the universe as it is set to launch its space telescope ‘Xuntian’ next year. Known as China’s own ‘Hubble,’ authorities in Beijing claim it outmatches the NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) telescope’s capabilities.

The flagship telescope is intended to reveal new insights into faraway galaxies, mysterious dark matter, dark energy, and the universe’s past and future evolution, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

A space telescope, also known as a space observatory, is a telescope that is used to observe celestial objects from outer space.




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