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# Telescope

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# space jam
Space telescope project started in 1989 set to launch Christmas eve
Multiple problems forced delays and a tripling of the telescope’s original budget with a final price tag of nearly $10 billion.
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Dec 18th 2021, 7:46 PM
# Out of this World
Irish scientists will help build the world's most powerful and expensive telescope
The new telescope will be 10 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope and help us observe the first stars in the universe.
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Apr 9th 2018, 2:28 PM
# get a look
Public invited to use Ireland's most powerful telescope to view the moon
Astronomy Ireland, a non-profit group for members of the public interested in space, is setting up the telescopes.
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Mar 24th 2018, 8:15 AM
# birr-illiant
Offaly was once the centre of the world for stargazing - today it takes a giant leap back there
Ireland is to be part of a huge Europe-wide telescope.
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Jul 27th 2017, 6:05 AM
# Priorities
China's space telescope will displace humans in the search for aliens
It will be the world’s biggest radio telescope.
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Feb 16th 2016, 10:36 AM
# the real john lewis
John Lewis finally thanked the man behind the @JohnLewis Twitter account
It’s been a long time in the making.
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Dec 1st 2015, 7:01 PM
# Eyes to the sky
Look out the window: You'll be able to see Jupiter next to the full moon
The massive planet will be visible to the naked eye – even from brightly lit cities.
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Mar 2nd 2015, 6:45 PM
# black hole sun
A NASA telescope has captured this picture of a black hole*
*Or at least what they think it might look like.
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Aug 12th 2014, 9:37 PM
Voices
Opinion: Ireland should be at forefront of modern science – Ireland should join CERN
International project collaboration, such as the pan-EU radio telescope LOFAR, would benefit Irish businesses and tourism, as well as our IT and science graduates.
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Jul 23rd 2014, 7:30 PM
# seeing stars
Europe's €740 million star-hunting telescope 'Gaia' enters Earth orbit
Data from the craft will be used to create the most accurate 3D map of the Milky Way yet, allowing astronomers to determine the origin and evolution of the galaxy.
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Jan 9th 2014, 7:45 AM
# KAPUT
NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft is broken - but they're determined to fix it
The planet-hunting telescope is 40 million miles from Earth and searches for Earth-like planets outside our solar system.
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May 16th 2013, 1:59 PM
# Kepler
Earth isn't so special anymore, apparently
We’re not the only good place to hang out in the ‘habitable zone’.
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Apr 20th 2013, 1:00 PM
PIC: The most jewel-like image of the universe we've ever seen
Dazzling.
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Sep 26th 2012, 1:36 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Jun 14th 2012, 4:52 PM
# Rescue
Man pulled from sea in Cork after being spotted through telescope
The man got into difficulties on the water off Cobh when he was spotted by a person using a telescope a mile away.
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Jun 14th 2012, 1:09 PM
# Space
Gallery: First photos from space by new ALMA telescope
The powerful Earth-based telescope is still under construction, but has begun capturing powerful images of newborn stars – and the stuff they’re made of.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 11:45 AM