According to a report by the China Daily published on Saturday, China is planning to launch a lobster-eye-like X-ray astronomical satellite this year.
China has ambitious plans to launch a new X-ray astronomical satellite called the Einstein Probe (EP) at the end of this year.
This is according to a report by the ChinaDaily published on Saturday and quoting Yuan Weimin, principal investigator of the satellite project.
"The satellite has entered the final stage of development," he said at the recent 35th National Symposium on Space Exploration.
EP will have many missions, including capturing the first light from supernova explosions, helping search for gravitational wave sources, and observing the transient phenomena in the universe.
The tool will hopefully finally shed light on the many transient and explosive sources in the universe, such as black holes that are devouring stars.
"These fast transient sources are crucial to cosmology and galaxy studies...
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