For 57 years, the telescope has been a major tool used to explore the cosmos. In a major blow to the astronomy community, the National Science Foundation announced Thursday it will begin plans to ...

The Arecibo Observatory radio telescope has been used to track asteroids and meteorites near the Earth for years Arecibo Observatory, the famed radio telescope in Puerto Rico, has collapsed after ...

Newly released video shows the moment the Arecibo Observatory collapsed in Puerto Rico. On Tuesday morning, the telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform and dome fell when its cables snapped. People who ...

On Dec. 1, 2020, the Arecibo telescope collapsed. The Puerto Rico facility had already suffered two cable failures – one in ...

Junellie González Quiles peered into her first telescope when she was 10 years old and what she saw were stars, planets, and a doorway into a world of science made possible by Puerto Rico’s iconic ...

The famous Arecibo Observatory had been in service for 57 years. Scientists, students and Puerto Ricans are among those mourning the collapse of the iconic radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The ...

A WorldView satellite image of Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter radio telescope after the observing platform fell into the dish Dec. 1. Credit: Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies WASHINGTON — The ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – When it comes to planetary science, the University of Central Florida stepped into the big leagues Thursday with the announcement that the Orlando university will take over managing ...

The telescope structure is in danger of a catastrophic failure. The structure should be demolished in a controlled way as soon as pragmatically possible. In its 57 years of operation, it endured ...

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The massive Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed in on itself overnight. The catastrophic failure had been predicted by engineers after the telescope suffered two major cable malfunctions over ...