telescope

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This dense material blocks most of the radiation coming from the supermassive black hole at its center, making the region nearly impossible to study with traditional telescopes.

From Science Daily

His eyesight remains partially impaired, comparable to "looking through a telescope".

From BBC

Swift was able to detect a faint ultraviolet glow that ground based telescopes cannot see because it operates above Earth's atmosphere, where this type of light is not blocked before reaching the surface.

From Science Daily

It currently pays the UK's membership to the Swiss laboratory Cern and the European Space Agency, and it also supports and operates some of the world's biggest telescopes.

From BBC

Several spacecraft and telescopes -- including Mir -- have met a similar fate, splashing down at an isolated spot in the ocean called Point Nemo.

From Barron's