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📡🌟“Radio astronomy is simply looking at the universe in its radio emission,” said Allison Matthews, a postdoc at , who studies the cosmos in wavelengths far longer than can be perceived by human eyes.

✨ She explained that radio astronomy has unveiled some of the most energetic physics occurring in the cosmos.

“We can see the dynamic processes occurring within and around the objects in the universe in a totally different way than optical astronomers do," she said.

For Matthews, radio astronomy’s appeal has always been tactile. A formative moment occurred at Arecibo Observatory when she was an undergraduate. She was awestruck by standing before a wall of oscilloscopes and watching electromagnetic waves from space ripple across screens. 〰️〰️〰️

“You’re seeing the waves that are coming from the universe, rather than an optical picture,” she concluded. “That directness—the feeling of listening to signals rather than looking at photons—hooked me.” 🪝

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