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telescope

[tel-uh-skohp] / ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp /




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The meteors are visible to the naked eye so you won't need any specialist equipment like binoculars or a telescope.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

A new hide at Groyne is currently being built and will include a telescope.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Even a microscopic misalignment can affect how accurately the telescope brings light into focus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

As an exoplanet passes in front of its star, some starlight travels through the outer edges of its atmosphere before reaching the telescope.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The two are basically the same thing, so as soon as Galileo had a telescope he could use it to study flies, for example.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Its virtual universe spans a cube approximately 1.5 billion light-years on each side, providing a view of cosmic evolution on a scale comparable to the vast regions that today's most advanced telescopes can study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

The new gallery features 16 images that bring together observations from some of the world's most powerful telescopes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

A newly released collection of 16 images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes reveals the extraordinary diversity of these cosmic structures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

They then directed several telescopes toward the system, ZTF J0440+2325, to investigate its properties in greater detail.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

At that time there was not a single telescope in the whole of the Netherlands capable of 20X magnification—and yet the Dutch had plenty of fine telescopes perfectly adequate for military and naval use.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The distance between their world and that of geopolitics has telescoped, and teachers have struggled to assuage fears that this war might affect them all.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

But this time around, in Burkina Faso, the timetable has telescoped.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022

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

If everything can be telescoped on to him, that would be better all round.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2017

She pulled a tool from her backpack, an arm-length pole that telescoped out almost to Tall/s height.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

Etienne raises the heavy telescoping antenna alongside the line of the chimney.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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