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However, once the panels are spread far enough apart, each one begins to perceive the incoming radio waves slightly differently.
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New Atlas, 30 May 2026
Optical interferometers were invented more than a century ago, but orchestrating and combining signals from multiple telescopes across long baselines has proved much harder to accomplish with visible light compared to the relative ease of working in radio waves.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
And then there's all the stuff about the radio waves and TV static.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
Optical communication — laser communication — uses infrared frequencies instead of radio waves to transmit data.
—Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
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New Atlas, 30 May 2026
Optical interferometers were invented more than a century ago, but orchestrating and combining signals from multiple telescopes across long baselines has proved much harder to accomplish with visible light compared to the relative ease of working in radio waves.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
And then there's all the stuff about the radio waves and TV static.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
Optical communication — laser communication — uses infrared frequencies instead of radio waves to transmit data.
—Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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