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Published online 20 June 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070618-11

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Plans mount for a liquid telescope on the Moon

Really? A telescope? Made from liquid? On the Moon?

Scientists have found a liquid that they say is perfect for building a telescope on the Moon — once we go back there and build a base, of course.

Can you really make a liquid telescope?

Sure.

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