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For a long time, that was the only means available to them.

It's only been comparatively recently that we've had instruments able to detect

and measure radio waves from space, or ways to hoist infra-red detectors, ultraviolet

detectors, x-ray detectors, and gamma ray detectors up above the atmosphere.

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