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When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk
How do you know what you’re not allowed to see? In the early months of 2023, the astronomer Željko Ivezić found himself taking part in a highly unusual negotiation. Ivezić is the 59-year-old director of the Vera Rubin Observatory, a $ 1 billion telescope that the United States has been developing in...
theatlantic.com - 30+ days ago

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Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing
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space.com - 30+ days ago
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Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat
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scientificamerican.com - 30+ days ago
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A 'giant' rising in the desert: World's largest telescope comes together (photo)
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Webb telescope's new photo isn't just rare. It's psychedelic.
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Check Out Neptune's Beautiful Auroras, Captured for the First time by the James Webb Space Telescope
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smithsonianmag.com - 9 days ago
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Gaia Telescope To Be Switched Off Today! ESA Prepares To Send It Into 'Retirement Orbit'
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Astronomers discover 2,674 dwarf galaxies using Euclid telescope
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The world's largest space telescope just got an unexpected new role: asteroid hunter
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nationalgeographic.com - 30+ days ago
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'Grand' spiral galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope photo
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Stockton’s Applied Aerospace acquires firm that worked on Webb Telescope
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