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Illustration of the distant galaxy 8 billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting in a red ring. Splitting up the radio light into different colours, as a prism does, reveals the hydroxyl gigamaser (top-right rainbow-coloured line). Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)

South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe

Scientists have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. This is a natural space laser.
The FAA raised concerns that new, full-speed 5G cellphone services near airports could interfere with aircraft operations. Bernal Saborio/Flickr

How 5G puts airplanes at risk – an electrical engineer explains

Airplanes use radio waves to determine how far off the ground they are. New 5G cellphone services come close to the same frequencies the airplanes use. Here’s how that can be a problem.

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