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Telescope

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Rocky planet discovered half the size of Venus, with potential for life

Helium balloon-lifted space telescope could be cheap rival for Hubble

Space telescope dunked in Lake Baikal in hunt for ghostly particles

Distant planet may have lost and replaced its atmosphere

UV space telescope to study the space between galaxies

Telescope maps unseen galaxies in record time

‘Planet hunter’ space telescope gets seal of approval

Biosignature in clouds of Venus ‘very hard to explain without life’

‘Sleeping giant’ Jodrell Bank begins post-lockdown reawakening

Construction on $1.4bn telescope stopped by local Hawaiians on religious grounds

Review

Book review: ‘More Things in the Heavens’ by Michael Werner and Peter Eisenhardt

Blue supergiant stars’ secrets revealed by Nasa telescope data

Nasa’s new telescope predicted to discover over 1,000 alien planets

Hubble finds quasar thought to be as bright as 600 trillion suns

Hubble Telescope captures huge picture of nearby galaxy

Evidence of water discovered in 17 asteroids

Amazon spies opportunity in Chile to gather data from world’s largest telescopes

IR detector bolted onto telescope to find distant planets

Astronomers search passing asteroid for signs of alien technology

Mysterious dimming star confounds scientists; theories include planet swallowing and aliens

‘Free-form’ telescopic structures made possible with generalisation

Discovery of hottest exoplanet so far is a “testament to the discovery power of small telescopes”

Work to begin on “extreme altitude” telescope for probing dark universe

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