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The team's findings suggest that under specific criteria, despite the subtlety of these signals, one operating radio telescope could be sensitive enough to detect them or, equally importantly, their absence in the near future.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Since its 66 highly sensitive radio telescopes became operational in 2013, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile has picked up the glow of organic molecules infusing protoplanetary disks.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
These include offering the radio telescope's remaining socket and cable sections for further study as well as increasing the careful monitoring of aging research facilities to detect deterioration and potential novel failure modes, among others.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
This radio telescope’s primary purpose is to search for radio signals that could indicate extraterrestrial life.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
radio telescope
noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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