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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/17/d4kpknrhswuwm9d7pmqp.jpg?quality=751194623What could the makers of Roomba and astronomers possibly be arguing over? This is the story of how an obscure slice of the electromagnetic spectrum become the object of one bitter fight.