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Hard Science Lasers and radio waves could be our first sign of extraterrestrial life
Astronomers have been looking for radio waves sent by a distant civilization for more than 60 years.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Solar storms also alter how radio waves travel through the atmosphere and can mess with radar and radio communications.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
China is also stepping up its penetration of foreign radio waves.
—David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Large planets’ magnetic fields can capture electrons, building up a carousel of electricity that zips around their equators and beams out radio waves like an antenna.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Solar storms also alter how radio waves travel through the atmosphere and can mess with radar and radio communications.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
China is also stepping up its penetration of foreign radio waves.
—David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Large planets’ magnetic fields can capture electrons, building up a carousel of electricity that zips around their equators and beams out radio waves like an antenna.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
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radio wave
noun
ra·dio wave
ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv 
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency
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