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jlkasdfjkl
6y ago
They get that resolution by having a radio telescope array with many sensors spread over a wide area [0]. An incoming wavefront will hit the different sensors at slightly different times, depending on the direction the wave is coming from.
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jlkasdfjkl
6y ago
There is no particular social benefit to such speed per se, but it does not hurt investors. The speed race is HFT market makers competing with each other to be the first to offer shares at a new price level. When one firm gets faster than o