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The Arecibo Observatory is an iconic setting. Located in Puerto Rico, this National Science Foundation (NSF) observatory was the largest radio telescope in the world between 1963 and 2016. While that honor now goes to the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China, Arecibo will be recognized forever …

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Artist’s impression of NASA’s failed Mars Polar Lander on the Martian South Pole. Upon arrival around … [+] March in 1999 it is thought that the craft hit the surface at high speed ullstein image via Getty Images At first glance, it may appear that Mars is no longer the …

That’s a great dish! The Arecibo radio telescope in its salad days. Earlier Monday morning, a cable hung over the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico left a 100-foot-long hole in the dish of the iconic radio telescope. The 3-inch-diameter cable also caused damage to the panels of the Gregorian dome …

“The goal of the National Institute for Health Protection will be simple: to make Britain one of the best-off countries in the world to fight the pandemic,” a senior minister told the Telegraph. “We want to bring science and scale together in one new body so we can do everything …