telescope
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Other purchases included designer kitchenware, multiple pairs of shoes, expensive pens and a £1,200 space telescope.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Using advanced simulations of the Milky Way and predictions of Roman's future observations, researchers found the space telescope could detect and study dozens of isolated neutron stars through a phenomenon known as gravitational microlensing.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
They are also working to improve how telescope time is used and to enhance the instrument's performance for future discoveries.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
There, Lowell convinced himself that alien-built canals crisscrossed the Martian surface, though anyone who has observed Mars with a similar telescope knows it’s hard to see much detail at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
How do we know that Galileo’s telescope was too good for naval and military use?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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