telescope
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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
The Roman space telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of planets, possibly offering clarity abut how many could be out there.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
It houses the oldest telescope in the world still in its original setting.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
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
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
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Power Suffix: -scope
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