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Contact: Kim McDonald
kimmcdonald@ucsd.edu
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University of California - San Diego

Robert C. Byrd

Caption: The astronomers used the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, which stands 485 feet tall -- taller than the Statue of Liberty.

Credit: NRAO/AUI

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