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Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane

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Astronomers tracked down a stray TV broadcast reflected off a passing airplane.

Radio telescopes are awash with radio-frequency interference ( RFI ) because of the randomness of RFI and the difficulty in tracking such signals back to their sources.

Astronomers hope to learn how to remove similar signals from astronomical data.

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