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telescope

[tel-uh-skohp] / ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp /




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Instead of requesting new telescope time, Mason examined observations that had originally been collected for unrelated astronomy research.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

It also shows how existing telescope archives could be reused to search for possible signs of technology without requiring entirely new observing campaigns.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

The Lovell Telescope, once the largest radio telescope in the world, is a key part of a system of six other telescopes in England that make up the e-Merlin network.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Despite its age, continuous upgrades have kept the Lovell telescope at the cutting edge of astronomical research.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The essay on optics described the workings of the eye and suggested ways to improve the telescope.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The Lovell Telescope has been overtaken in size by larger radio telescopes, but has continuously been modernised and remains key to the UK's radio astronomy capability.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The size of the Lovell Telescope allows it to detect signals that are extremely weak, while the other telescopes at the site help scientists paint a more detailed picture.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Joined together these UK telescopes can zoom into objects in deep space and see them in incredible detail - with similar resolution to the Hubble space telescope.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

But as telescopes and observations have become more precise, researchers have uncovered several puzzling features that the standard model struggles to explain.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Beyond the plaza lay the glittering channel, brilliant in the sunlight and choppy with white-capped waves, and beyond that the wooded shore, where Mr. Benedict’s telescopes were going to be hidden.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

From BBC Jan. 26, 2022

LaTocha’s telescoped material history registers the onward march of human activity but also what existed long before.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

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

The entire fifty-foot pedestal telescoped downward into a spiral staircase.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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

And enveloping almost every single one of those tampons is a telescoping cardboard applicator.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2023

There was an endearing, oddball quality to the program he led near the end of May, telescoping between the intimate and the grand.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2023

And then, while writing, a new and thrilling relationship would spring up under the drive of emotion, coalescing and telescoping alien facts into a known and felt truth.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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