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The success of radio astronomy—due in large part to the invention of the transistor in 1947—encouraged scientists to look for other invisible sources of energy, such as infrared light.

Its work will be led by the US National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) in Tucson, Arizona; and by the Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO) in Manchester ...

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