observatory
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Although the mission's main scientific goals focus on dark energy, dark matter, and planets beyond our solar system, researchers expect the observatory to support a wide range of astronomical discoveries.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The commission said last week it would establish a "fuel observatory" to track EU production, imports, exports and stock levels of transport fuels.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
One of the biggest setbacks came in 2022, when the Contras wildfire disrupted power and internet service at the observatory for months.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
In the 1890s, long-simmering dreams of an inhabited Mars found a foothold in the U.S., fanned by wealthy astronomer Percival Lowell, who built an Arizona observatory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Three years before The War of the Worlds was published, a Bostonian named Percival Lowell founded a major observatory where the most elaborate claims in support of life on Mars were developed.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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