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telescope

[tel-uh-skohp] / ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp /




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Local air pollution authorities, possessing little power and even less solid science, singled out oil industries, factories, manufacturers and chemical companies, and they weren’t wrong — just looking through the opposite end of the telescope.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Flipping the telescope to the large end is not unique to this particular cohort, nor is it anything to criticize or demonize.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Using detailed shape models based on telescope data, the researchers built a 3D representation of Psyche and recreated the formation of a large crater roughly 30 miles wide and three miles deep.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Argentina’s recent decision to pause a joint Chinese effort to construct a large radio telescope is a hopeful sign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Since a reflecting telescope does not rely on refraction, it does not produce a halo of different colours around the image.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton