RFI

12/05/2008 2 min

Episode Synopsis

Light pollution is a problem for optical astronomers. There is a problem just as severe for radio astronomers – radio frequency interference. Communications towers, satellites, and even home electronics like your iPod produce signals that swamp sensitive radio telescopes!

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