TSUKUYOMI

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TSUKUYOMI is a low frequency radio telescope that deploys a number of radio antenna on the Moon to observe radio waves in the 1-50 MHz frequency range which includes frequencies that are shielded by the Earth’s ionosphere and cannot be observed on the Earth. Goals of this project is to detect signals from neutral hydrogen lines (radio waves with a frequency of 1.42 GHz) in the ‘dark ages’ before the formation of stars and galaxies in the Universe and to observe stellar radiation and auroral radio emission in exoplanetary system. The first prototype will be ready in the 2020s.By the end of the 2030s, the project aims to deploy more than 10 radio antennas on the Moon.

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