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observatory

[uhb-zur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / əbˈzɜr vəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
NOUN
watchtower
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A new space flight museum has been opened at a Lake District observatory.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

And then I do the classic loop all the way up to the observatory and down the other side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The collapse came during the Langtang region's fourth-hottest summer on record, according to AFP's analysis of data from Europe's Copernicus observatory dating back to 1970.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Once fully operational, the observatory is expected to vastly expand scientists’ inventory of planets outside our solar system, increasing it from about 6,300 planets to more than 100,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

A proposed neutrino observatory at the old Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota, would cost $500 million to build–this in a mine that is already dug–before you even look at the annual running costs.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The ability to anticipate these eruptions may become particularly useful for major future observatories, including the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project, which is expected to begin collecting scientific data in 2028.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Boddington said the pub, which is in a dark sky reserve, is believed to be one of just a handful in England with their own observatories.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

It survives on aging observatories, international cooperation and a scientific community small enough to fit in a lecture hall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The short, dramatic flash it created would have been hard to catch by amateur astronomers even with high-end telescopes, but larger observatories in the Americas are analysing the information.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

He points to the news announcer actor, who breaks in with a second bulletin: The Government Meteorological Bureau has asked observatories to watch for more explosions on Mars.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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