telescope
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Once an object has been identified, researchers can search older telescope images to find instances when it was photographed but went unrecognized.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
The meteors will be visible with the naked eye, with no binoculars or telescope required.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
It did so as it announced cuts to several other particle physics and astronomy projects, including Jodrell Bank's iconic Lovell telescope.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
On the top of a mountain in the Chilean desert, an $800 million U.S.-taxpayer-funded telescope just opened its eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Astronomers could scarcely dispute the relevance of the telescope to their studies.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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New and upcoming telescopes are expected to collect increasingly detailed information about enormous numbers of distant galaxies, providing scientists with fresh ways to test their understanding of the early cosmos.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Dark matter is an invisible form of matter that does not emit or reflect light, making it impossible to observe directly with conventional telescopes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
The project aims to produce an exceptionally detailed record of the changing night sky while searching for objects that previous telescopes have been unable to detect.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Both space telescopes observed the same region of sky simultaneously, with Hubble collecting visible light and Webb capturing infrared light.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
One way would be to listen with large radio telescopes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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But this time around, in Burkina Faso, the timetable has telescoped.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022
An entire lifetime, in all its rushing and monotonous variety, is telescoped into a breathless 15 minutes in Samuel Beckett’s primal cry of a monologue, delivered by a disembodied mouth.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2020
There were two wheels at one end and a handle that telescoped out from the base at the other.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2018
At the Sirius Town Hall, the old “Mike and the Mad Dog” jingle plays, and fans in throwback Mets jerseys gather, and time has been telescoped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2017
The windows had inside shutters of slatted wood which telescoped into a narrow space on either side.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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For the encore, they cleared the perimeter of the stadium floor and drove around on giant, telescoping platforms, trailed by inflatable characters, like they were in a Macy's Day parade.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Then we step forward — you can think of telescoping in on finer and finer timescales — we get from the billion year timescale to the hundreds of millions year timescale.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2023
Whether it’s Tetrised inside a delivery truck, cradling a cappuccino or telescoping over a tampon, cardboard is a paradox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
With two telescoping sections as opposed to three, they compress to 32 inches.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
And then, while writing, a new and thrilling relationship would spring up under the drive of emotion, coalescing and telescoping alien facts into a known and felt truth.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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