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Continue ReadingThe Arecibo Observatory suffered another devastating structural failure on December 3rd, and it was caught on video. The footage shows the receiver of the telescope and its support platform and…
Continue ReadingAn aerial view of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico after one of the main cables holding the receiver broke on December 1, 2020. (Ricardo ArduengoAFP via Getty Images) Our…
Continue ReadingAnother one bites the dust. Newly released footage shows the dramatic final moments of the Arecibo Observatory – the second-largest radio telescope on Earth – which collapsed earlier this week,…
Continue ReadingA massive telescope collapse at the legendary Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was recently captured on camera. Read more of Mashable’s coverage of the collapse here. Read more… More about…
Continue ReadingClassic Kawhi. Classic Kawhi Former Raptors teammates Kawhi Leonard and Serge Ibaka have been reunited in Los Angeles after Ibaka signed with the Clippers in free agency. The move seemed…
Continue ReadingThe radio telescope at Arecibo’s Observatory, Puerto Rico, as seen in the James Bond film GoldenEye, has collapsed. The shocking footage captures the moment the world’s formerly largest radio telescope’s…
Continue ReadingThe National Science Foundation has released remarkable footage of the Arecibo Observatory’s 900-ton platform falling into the 1,000-foot wide (305 meters) dish below. A drone happened to be performing an…
Continue ReadingThe end of an era came unexpectedly this week when the iconic Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed Dec. 1 exactly one month after its 57th birthday. And as it…
Continue ReadingThe instrument platform of the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico fell at approximately 7:55 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time on December 1, resulting… The post See the Dramatic…
Continue ReadingSnap. The legendary 1,000-foot-wide Arecibo Observatory’s telescope, a giant dish embedded in the verdant Puerto Rico forest, experienced a major collapse on Dec. 1. A 900-ton platform suspended over the…
Continue ReadingToday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released shocking footage of the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The video, captured on December 1st, shows the moment when support…
Continue ReadingSeth Shostak, SETI Institute, Associated Press It was the largest single aperture telescope in the world for for than 50 years. The Arecibo Telescope at the National Science Foundation’s observatory…
Continue ReadingAfter the collapse of the world’s second-largest radio telescope in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, China’s massive 500 metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is now the only giant, single-dish telescope…
Continue ReadingPhoto: Derek Warden The biggest UCF and Orlando sports headlines and more for Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Welcome to our all-new Knewsletter, our daily dish of links and stories from…
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