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Nature 405, 987-988 (29 June 2000) | doi:10.1038/35016714

Astronomers fume over night light

Bill Triplett

This autumn, the main thing astronomers in part of the Washington area will see through their telescopes is irony. Discovery Communications, the parent company of the cable television channel specializing in science-orientated programmes and which sells telescopes in its shops, is planning to build a new global headquarters—with an illuminating twist.