Scientists are proposing LFT3, a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon that could escape Earth’s radio interference and search for faint signals such as alien technosignatures and exoplanetary auroras.

Researchers argue the mission should be deployed before growing lunar activity contaminates this uniquely quiet environment.

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