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Hackers are Attacking Observatories (www.universetoday.com)
submitted 2 years ago by freeman@lemmy.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would you do that?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They should be able to see them coming from lightyears away though

[–] Blackdoomax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a common denominator in these observatories? Like what are they/could they detect? What are they observing?

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 1 points 2 years ago

Most of earths telescopes are radio telescopes. Some work in conjunction with others around the world. So often it’s radio waves but I think they tend to focus on specific bands of the spectrum (ie x-ray etc)