radio telescope
nounDefinition of radio telescope
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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The image of the black hole, which is about 6 billion times the mass of our sun, was gathered by eight radio telescopes from around the world. — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "Team that captured stunning first picture of a black hole wins $3 million Breakthrough Prize," 5 Sep. 2019 This unusual-looking radio telescope, about the size of a football field, consists of four metal mesh cylinders — like skateboard half-pipes — that collect and focus incoming radio waves. — Seth Shostak, NBC News, "Fast radio bursts from space have baffled scientists for years. But an explanation may come soon.," 3 Sep. 2019 That's when the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which will be the world's largest radio telescope, will open its doors in South Africa. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Challenge Einstein with Chameleon Theory," 9 July 2019 Multiple projects are now focused on finding more and more FRBs, chief among them the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) radio telescope. — Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, "Mysterious Outburst’s Quiet Cosmic Home Yields More Questions Than Answers," 27 June 2019 The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, constitutes major research projects at radio telescopes the world over, and it is championed by the non-profit institute that shares its name. — John Wenz, Discover Magazine, "The Secret Origins of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence," 11 Feb. 2019 On Earth, radio telescopes must tussle with signals from terrestrial TV and radio transmitters for clean looks at the sky. — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, "Could humanity’s return to the moon spark a new age of lunar telescopes?," 18 July 2019 The Breakthrough Listen initiative ordinarily uses radio telescopes such as the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to scan the skies for signs of extraterrestrial life. — Quanta Magazine, "Astronomers Trace Radio Burst to Extreme Cosmic Neighborhood," 10 Jan. 2018 Some even hope to build a radio telescope there, shielded from the radio noise of Earth, to study the most ancient reaches of the universe. — Jay Bennett, Smithsonian, "Interactive Map Shows All 21 Successful Moon Landings," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'radio telescope.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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