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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=484">National Radio Astronomy Observatory. What is Radio Astronomy?. Charlottesville: National Radio Astronomy Observatory.</a>
What is Radio Astronomy? (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville), <https://public.nrao.edu/radio-astronomy/the-science-of-radio-astronomy/>.
What is Radio Astronomy?. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2025, from National Radio Astronomy Observatory: https://public.nrao.edu/radio-astronomy/the-science-of-radio-astronomy/
National Radio Astronomy Observatory. What is Radio Astronomy?. Charlottesville: National Radio Astronomy Observatory. https://public.nrao.edu/radio-astronomy/the-science-of-radio-astronomy/ (accessed 15 June 2025).
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