telescope
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It houses the oldest telescope in the world still in its original setting.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Local air pollution authorities, possessing little power and even less solid science, singled out oil industries, factories, manufacturers and chemical companies, and they weren’t wrong — just looking through the opposite end of the telescope.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Flipping the telescope to the large end is not unique to this particular cohort, nor is it anything to criticize or demonize.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
By combining telescope observations with detailed models of planetary interiors and atmospheres, they were able to infer what is happening deep inside the planet.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
The central problem, however, was simple: How could one look through a powerful telescope at a tiny, distant object and make reliable observations while on a ship bouncing about on the waves?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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