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In the New Mexico desert, a pair of stations bristling with antennas captured radio waves coming out of a dozen separate lightning strikes.
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Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
In particular, MeerKAT was able to detect galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance because radio waves from their hydrogen gas can pass through our Milky Way's dust lanes relatively unhindered.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Multiwavelength data, from X-rays through radio waves, tracks the transport of energy and matter.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
The electrons that generate these bursts travel mainly along magnetic field lines at speeds approaching that of light, producing radio waves through a plasma emission process.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
In particular, MeerKAT was able to detect galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance because radio waves from their hydrogen gas can pass through our Milky Way's dust lanes relatively unhindered.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Multiwavelength data, from X-rays through radio waves, tracks the transport of energy and matter.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
The electrons that generate these bursts travel mainly along magnetic field lines at speeds approaching that of light, producing radio waves through a plasma emission process.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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radio wave
noun
ra·dio wave
ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv 
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency
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