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a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible
the observatory is located on a mountaintop
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Israeli fighter jets have also reportedly conducted strikes in Damascus and taken over observatories and military positions of the former regime near the Al-Sheikh Mountain.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, Andrews notes, funding has been progressively cut for developing and maintaining tools such as asteroid-detecting observatories.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
There would literally be millions, perhaps even tens of millions, of neutrinos picked up all at once by these observatories.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
Binary black holes release energy in the form of gravitational waves– ripples in space-time that specialized observatories can detect.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Many observatories around the world have photographic images of the night sky dating back more than a hundred years.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
UFOs reside near the limit of how far (and how far back) earlier space observatories could peer—but telescopes like Hubble had missed them.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
It was officially named in honor of both observatories.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, Andrews notes, funding has been progressively cut for developing and maintaining tools such as asteroid-detecting observatories.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
There would literally be millions, perhaps even tens of millions, of neutrinos picked up all at once by these observatories.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
Binary black holes release energy in the form of gravitational waves– ripples in space-time that specialized observatories can detect.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Many observatories around the world have photographic images of the night sky dating back more than a hundred years.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
UFOs reside near the limit of how far (and how far back) earlier space observatories could peer—but telescopes like Hubble had missed them.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
It was officially named in honor of both observatories.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Observatories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observatories. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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