The Atacama Desert has the record for the lowest rainfall of any place in the world. Water interferes with microwaves we're trying to get from the universe, so you want to go to the driest possible place. The farther apart they are, the more resolution you have for what it is you're looking at. And do those combine kind of Voltron-style? They brilliantly combine in an awesome feat of hardware and software.
In this Cosmic Queries episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson answers fan questions about radio and microwave telescopes, from the Hubble to the VLA to the James Webb Space Telescope.
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