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 ...

For nearly six decades, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico stood as a monument to human curiosity, exploration, and technological brilliance. Once the world’s largest radio telescope, Arecibo ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The recent collapse of the powerful Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico has created a black hole in the working lives of astronomers. "It's very hard to describe what it's like to lose this telescope," ...

We are coming up on the second anniversary of the destruction of the iconic 1,000-foot telescope/radar at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. For nearly six decades, the Arecibo Observatory was a ...

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 ...