observatory
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The old observatory was destroyed in a "devastating fire" on 23 June 2021.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
A trio of donkeys traverses a desert to an observatory.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
The record snowfall was "caused by deep and extensive cyclones with sharp atmospheric fronts passing over the Moscow region", the observatory said.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
To reach their conclusions, the team combined fresh X-ray observations from the eROSITA X-ray telescope with archival data from the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
He left the astronomers to their fogbound observatory and set off down the track, feeling his way along by following his dæmon, whose eyes were closer to the ground.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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