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Telescopes Useless by 2050?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sad-day-that-will-be dept.

Wellerite writes "Gerry Gilmore, from Cambridge University, has told the BBC that ground-based telescopes will be worthless by 2050. This is due to more and more cloud cover caused by climate change and increasing numbers of aircraft vapour trails. It seems to be time to start preparing to launch more orbit-based telescopes."

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  1. Hmmm, what does this remind me of? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "it was us who scorched the sky."

  2. Hooray for stupid moderators by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A troll is when you say something you don't believe in order to elicit a desired response. My above comment is not a troll, it is a flame. THIS comment is also not a troll, NOR is it a flame - it's offtopic.

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