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Interferometry

What astronomical interferometry system creates the world’s largest telescopes?

Two of the leading VLBI projects today are the European VLBI Network and the American Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Each of those VLBI systems can generate radio-wavelength images that are even sharper than visible-light images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.



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