Racing to build a radio telescope on the moon

According to Phys.org, scientists are racing to erect a radio telescope on the Moon to capture faint cosmic whispers that Earth's noisy radio environment drowns out. The lunar far side, shielded from our own signals and wrapped in a thin ionosphere, offers a rare quiet zone for low‑frequency observations. If successful, the telescope could finally tune into the subtle signatures of distant phenomena that have remained hidden.

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