Radio telescopes have pros and cons for use in space exploration. They can operate in remote and harsh conditions and be controlled remotely via the internet, but they are too heavy to launch into space easily and require maintenance. The document then provides examples of two prominent radio telescopes, the Parkes Radio Telescope and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, and describes how radio telescopes work by capturing radio waves with a dish and receivers. Radio telescopes allow observation of wavelengths beyond the visible spectrum and provide additional data about astronomical objects like hydrogen clouds, pulsars, and quasars.

2.  Pros Cons
They are easy to They are too heavy
build to lift into space
Can operate in bad They are costly to
weather maintain.
Can be controlled Placed in remote
over the internet places
 Cheap to make Affected by other
radio waves

4.  The Parkes radio telescope
 Karl G. Jansky VLA (Very Large Array)

5. The Parkes Radio Telescope

6. Karl G. Jansky VLA

7.  Radio waves reflect off of the dish and into
the tip
 There are receivers under the tip that
intercept the radio waves

8.  We use them to intercept radio waves from space
 Invented in 1937 by Radio telescopes can measure
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wavelengths of these hydrogen clouds are too long.
Objects such as pulsars and quasars are highly energetic
and emit radio waves in addition to visible light. Radio
telescopes can read these radio waves and gain
additional information about these objects.

9.  An area with no radio waves from any civilization
(eg. TV, computer, radio and GPS)
 It needs radio waves to function
 A dish
 An antenna
 A stand