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xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory

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'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3278/

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[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

not so much "fail to see space" as "space is an obstacle between earth and the things we want to see", similar to earth's atmosphere getting in the way

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

No, I meant discovering that see-through area (space) by failing to find the (dark) matter expected there.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I seee... figuratively speaking

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