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The access arrives following a three-year effort between SpaceX and US scientists to prevent Starlink from disrupting local radio telescopes, which is why the quiet zone exists.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
In the new study, Oei and his team members turned to a European network of radio telescopes called the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), searching its images of the sky for radio light with a wavelength of approximately two meters.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
However, bigger and better radio telescope arrays will soon be available.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Old-school radios convert currents into sound, but radio telescopes record the current to construct a picture of deep space.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Radio telescope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20telescope. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
radio telescope
noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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