The good: a story in today’s @guardian confirming the cancellation of the INNA project that endangered the pristine observing conditions of telescopes on Paranal & Armazones in Chile 👍

[markmccaughrean@mastodon.social]

The good: a story in today’s @guardian 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

[hiljaisuus@piipitin.fi]

@markmccaughrean

I also find the choice of verb “scour” here rather strange. It’s not exactly a very positive way to frame the search for exoplanets, is it?