radio telescope
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Previous reliable measurements of hydrogen at these distances generally required astronomers to combine radio telescope observations with data from optical galaxy surveys.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Lovell telescope, which has stood in Cheshire since 1957, is the world's third-largest steerable radio telescope.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Lovell Telescope, once the largest radio telescope in the world, is a key part of a system of six other telescopes in England that make up the e-Merlin network.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
If an extraterrestrial civilization happened to transmit within those same frequencies, detecting it would likely require a radio telescope located somewhere free from Earth's radio noise, such as the far side of the Moon.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Perhaps our remote descendants will call it the constellation of the radio telescope— although I suspect a million years from now the radio telescope will have become more obsolete than the stone spear is now.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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