China's New Space Telescope Set to Surpass Hubble, Say Astronomers

China is preparing to launch the Xuntian space telescope, also known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), next year. The CSST, which will co-orbit with China's Tiangong space station, is designed to outperform NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. With a larger field of view and similar spatial resolution, the CSST aims to make breakthroughs in cosmology, dark matter, star formation, and exoplanets. However, there are still open questions regarding its capabilities and maintenance in a space station environment.