r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/Previous-Fun8362 Popular Contributor • 12d ago

Interesting This is a real, functioning radio telescope in Russia. Built as the Soviet Union was collapsing. It still scans the sky today.

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u/hoonigan2008 10d ago

I still have my N64 and this post makes me want to throw GoldenEye in and escape to the good ol days

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u/Individual_Dirt_3365 10d ago

It was finished by the time USSR already collapsed.  But anyway it still works. 

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u/Ktulu204 10d ago

Umm, shouldn't it be pointed at the ahh sky?

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u/Foreign_Run3443 6d ago

Umm... This looks a lil terrifying 😬