LuSEE-Night, a radio telescope launching in early 2026, will land on the moon's far side to detect faint signals from the cosmic dark ages—a period 200-400 million years after the big bang. The instrument uses dipole antennas and a spectrometer to scan 0.1-50 MHz frequencies, shielded from Earth's interference and solar wind.
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