radio astronomy

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   the branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodies

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Questions about radio astronomy

What does radio astronomy mean?

radio astronomy means "the branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodies".

Is radio astronomy a common word?

radio astronomy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.