China says its Xuntian telescope will outshine NASA's 33-year-old Hubble
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China is gearing up to launch its Xuntian space telescope, or the Chinese Survey Space Telescope (CSST), next year. Interestingly, this bus-sized telescope, featuring a 6.6-foot diameter primary mirror, aims to outshine NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which has been in operation for over 33 years now. Xuntian is expected to make groundbreaking discoveries in cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, star formation, and exoplanets, said Lin Xiqiang, China Manned Space Agency's deputy director.