observatory
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The old site near Dalmellington, East Ayrshire, was ruled out due to a range of issues and plans were submitted for the £1.5m observatory in Dumfries and Galloway with two observing domes.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
The DRC lost 36 percent of its tree cover between 2004 and 2022, according to the observatory Global Forest Watch.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
While shooting her previous feature in Chile, McAlpine noticed donkeys hanging out around an observatory.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
To reach their conclusions, the team combined fresh X-ray observations from the eROSITA X-ray telescope with archival data from the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
The largest semi-steerable radio/radar observatory on the planet Earth is the Arecibo facility, which Cornell University operates for the National Science Foundation.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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