The end of an era came unexpectedly this week when the iconic Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico crashed on December 1, a month after its 57th birthday. And as it happens, the whole thing is captured in stunning drone footage that you can see here right now. Drone footage of …
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The map measures stars closer to the edge of the galaxy than ever before. YouTube / ESA You can’t just run one Google Maps The car around the galaxy to diagram it. Luckily, then, new data collected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia Observatory provides the most detailed map of …
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The Long March 5 rocket carrying Chang 5 appears on the launch pad at Hainan’s Venchang space launch site. The 8.2-ton Change 5 probe, which includes a lander, climber, service module and return capsule, is the sixth mission of the Chinese lunar research program Transformation. The goal of the mission …
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The world’s second-largest radio telescope crashed on Tuesday morning. The Arecibo Observatory’s 900-ton platform, which sent and received radio waves and suspended 450 feet (140 meters) in the air, crashed into a 1,000-foot (300-meter wide) disc below. When it fell, it pulled down along the tops of the three surrounding …
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The vert of a large, water-carved channel on Mars is also an exaggerated, misleading view, called Dao Wallis. Credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. 3D rendered and colored by Lujendra Ojha The new study will shed light on the melting of thick ice caps billions …
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