Arecibo Observatory The largest dish on the planet and a movie star from Contact and a James Bond film.  The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Centre (NAIC), a national research centre operated by Cornell University

Very Large Array The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico

Parkes Observatory The Parkes Observatory is operated by the Australia Telescope National Facility, ATNF a division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope The James Clerk Maxwell on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.  Operated by the UK, Canada and the Netherlands, at 15m it is the largest telescope in the world dedicated to sub-millimetre wavelengths

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Campaign for Dark Skies The CfDS aims to preserve and restore the beauty of the night sky by campaigning against excessive, inefficient and irresponsible lighting that shines where it is not wanted nor needed

SETI SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)