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Examples of radio telescope in a Sentence
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Such findings are only possible due to the extreme sensitivity this and the other three radio telescopes at the observatory possess.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
Our observations through infrared and radio telescopes show that long before a star comes into being, a vast cloud of gas dozens of light-years across assembles and evolves under the mutually interacting influences of gravity, turbulence, radiation and magnetic fields.
—Nia Imara, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
One way is to scan the heavens with radio telescopes tuned to the frequency of the interstellar hydrogen gas that pervades galaxies.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
Bell-Burnell was monitoring the new radio telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, sifting through reams and reams of paper records to hunt for any unusual anomalies in the peaks of data representing incoming galactic radio waves.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
Astronomers discover 25 new repeating fast radio bursts Astronomers have uncovered 25 new sources of repeating fast radio bursts using data from the CHIME radio telescope.
—Fox News, 6 May 2023
More data should mean more confidence in the results announced today, particularly if more pulsars are added to the array, and the collaboration can access even larger new radio telescopes, McLaughlin said.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 June 2023
For example, a zone established near a radio telescope could test schemes to provide broader bandwidth access for both active uses, like cell towers, and passive uses, like radio telescopes.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
The galaxy—a floating hunk of dust and gas aimlessly adrift in space, found only thanks to its subtle, serendipitous signature in a radio telescope—is nearly as massive as the Milky Way yet invisible to the naked eye.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 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 19 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
radio telescope
noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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