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His old college roommate Timo lost his job at the observatory in Puerto Rico when the big radio telescope, weak from age and neglect, fell apart.
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Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Rodríguez agrees that more radio telescopes should tune in to Orion’s station.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
But one of the few places rich in helium-3 on the Moon is found in one of the most likely places to put a far-side, Dark Ages radio telescope.
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Martin Elvis, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
The transmitter is not a dish, like a radio telescope in reverse.
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IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Radio telescope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20telescope. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
radio telescope
noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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