[fidelis]

That sentence makes it appear to insinuate that telescopes contain listening devices, but that is not the case.

If you recall, they tried listening in on the sun a few years ago with less advanced equipment. At that time all they picked up was some nerdy guy on the sun saying, "Hot enough for ya?"

[Robert DeLong]

No, I do not recall that. Can you provide a link. /sarcasm