radio astronomy
noun
: astronomy dealing with radio waves received from outside the earth's atmosphere
radio astronomer
noun
radio astronomical
adjective
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Intensity interferometry, a method traditionally used in radio astronomy, is able to cut through these distortions and involves measuring intensity fluctuations of light received at separate detectors.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The possibility is a bright spot for American radio astronomy.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
Other radio astronomy measurements have pinpointed our galactic coordinates with considerable precision: the sun is about 26,000 light-years from the center—a bit less than halfway out across the 120,000-light-year-wide disk—and located very close to the exact midplane of the Milky Way.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
Self-complementary antennas, which have a nearly constant wide-range frequency, are used for TV reception, wireless broadband, and radio astronomy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2020
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The possibility is a bright spot for American radio astronomy.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
Other radio astronomy measurements have pinpointed our galactic coordinates with considerable precision: the sun is about 26,000 light-years from the center—a bit less than halfway out across the 120,000-light-year-wide disk—and located very close to the exact midplane of the Milky Way.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
Self-complementary antennas, which have a nearly constant wide-range frequency, are used for TV reception, wireless broadband, and radio astronomy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Radio astronomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20astronomy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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