The good: a story in today’s The Guardian confirming the cancellation of the INNA ...

2026-02-10 13:30:02 UTC

The good: a story in today’s The Guardian (npub13yw…wwpf) confirming the cancellation of the INNA project that endangered the pristine observing conditions of telescopes on Paranal & Armazones in Chile 👍

The bad: a final sentence that confuses two completely separate topics in astronomy, illustrating that we still have some way to with our messaging to journalists 🤷‍♂️

Or maybe ESO’s has some further magic up its sleeve for the ELT? 😉

#Science #Astronomy #SciComm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/project-cancelled-chile-worlds-clearest-skies

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