observatory
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The Swift observatory detects some of the most powerful explosions in the Universe - but is at risk of crashing back to Earth in the coming months.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The commission said last week it would establish a "fuel observatory" to track EU production, imports, exports and stock levels of transport fuels.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's leading observatory for space research.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
King Charles has visited a new UK Space Agency observatory and launched a project to track space debris on the final day of his royal visit to Bermuda.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
He carries a lantern up a winding staircase to a starlit observatory and looks through the eyepiece of a great telescope, its mouth pointed into the black.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
After more than 30 years of groundbreaking observations, Hubble remains one of NASA's flagship space observatories.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The unusual detection prompted observatories around the world to begin follow-up observations.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Future space-based gravitational wave observatories should be able to detect these binaries directly.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
This large statistical dataset could identify important trends and help guide future observations by Webb and other observatories.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
In our history it was some horde of furry little mammals who hid from the dinosaurs, colonized the treetops and later scampered down to domesticate fire, invent writing, construct observatories and launch space vehicles.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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