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Dutch courage

Most astronomers head for remote mountain-tops or deserts to study the cosmos. Jenny Hogan meets a confident team set up on a patch of farmland in a crowded corner of mainland Europe.

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  1. Loeb, A. & Zaldarriaga, M. http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610377 (2006).

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Hogan, J. Dutch courage. Nature 444, 138–141 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/444138a

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