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telescope

[tel-uh-skohp] / ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp /




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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

Argentina’s recent decision to pause a joint Chinese effort to construct a large radio telescope is a hopeful sign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Founded by three physicists, the company at first focused on missile-tracking algorithms but later pivoted to build what it has described as the “world’s largest commercial optical telescope network.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter should be visible to the naked eye but Uranus and Neptune will likely require binoculars or a telescope.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

And he praises Cremonini, who had refused to look through Galileo’s telescope.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton