Science

The Arerobo telescope in Puerto Rico is compressed

A huge arecibo radio telescope, a place for astronomers in the mountains of Puerto Rico, has collapsed, the National Science Foundation said Tuesday. The telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform, which was suspended by cables connected to three towers, fell overnight on a 1000-foot antenna dish, the foundation said. “The platform collapsed …

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The theory that neutrinos shape the universe is valid

The almost massive, subtomic particles called neutrinos that affect the formation of galaxies have long been a cosmological mystery that physicists have tried to measure since the discovery of particles in 1956. But an international research team, including Nauki Yoshida, principal investigator at the Kavali Institute for Physics and Mathematics …

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Who will get the coronavirus vaccine first?

After months of deliberation and discussion, a panel of independent experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to decide on Tuesday whether Americans will recommend taking the ronavirus vaccine first, when supplies are still low. © Stephanie Reynolds for the New York Times If the director …

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