stackyFACTSStaring at the stars is useless if the stars are hidden behind thick clouds of cosmic dust. Radio telescopes ignore visible light entirely, catching faint electromagnetic whispers from dead galaxies and spinning pulsars. We essentially built massive satellite dishes just to aggressively eavesdrop on the void.
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