Developing Radio Astronomy Instruments with Simulink Libraries
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Radio astronomy is the study of celestial objects through analysis of radio waves. This field allows scientists to observe astronomical phenomena that are often undetectable in other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In its brief 70-year history, radio astronomy has revealed new types of celestial objects, including pulsars and quasars, and notably, cosmic microwave background radiation, which is the cooled remnant of the Big Bang event that formed our universe. Developing Radio Astronomy Instruments with Simulink Libraries
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