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Events in this spectral region are characterized by a quantity called the dispersion measure, which had a remarkably high value of 375 for an event named after Duncan Lorimer. In 2006, ARCADE detected noise in this spectral region that was sixfold higher than expected for still-unknown reasons, which has been dubbed a “space roar.” The CHIME telescope has predominantly been used to detect mysterious, extragalactic events in this region lasting milliseconds; those are ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: radio waves [accept radio astronomy]
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John MarvinChicago AIllinois Orange7310

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2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%100%0%70.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%73.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%89.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y4100%0%50%133.50
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%0%60%109.00