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Astronomy

Principles of Radio Telescopes and Interferometry

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The world's largest single-dish radio telescope, FAST in China, is 500 meters in diameter, yet its resolution is still thousands of times worse than the human eye – interferometry solves this by linking telescopes across continents.

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You can see stars with your eyes, but what about the radio whispers they send out across the universe? How do we 'see' something invisible?