: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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The extra data came from observations with SALT, the Southern African Large Optical Telescope, and the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa.—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026 For comparison, modern radio telescopes can detect signals down to about 1 Jansky.—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 Astronomers using radio telescope observations to get an inside look at an interstellar comet have gleaned new insights into when and where the celestial object formed.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 Using data from two international networks of radio telescopes, researchers pinned down the energetics of jets erupting from a black hole in a system called Cygnus X-1, some 7,200 light-years from Earth.—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for radio telescope