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Incredible galaxy with no visible stars discovered by accident (studyfinds.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arecibo radio telescope was doing something like this, until it was destroyed by a hurricane.

Some info if you're interested: https://astro.cornell.edu/news/decade-long-galaxy-survey-releases-final-catalog

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The fact that we're not willing to pay the relative pittance (compared to lots of other shit in the Federal budget) to rebuild Arecibo is criminal.