Arecibo Observatory, the most powerful telescope in the world, based in Puerto Rico, was damaged Monday after a cable snapped and cut a large hole in the telescope’s reflective disk. The University of Central Florida manages the facilities of the National Science Foundation, along with Universidad Ana G. Mendez and …
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Billions of light-years from Earth, a baby galaxy that’s surprisingly similar to our own is lurking, surprisingly calm and shameful, scientists said in research published Wednesday. The scientists said the discovery changed their understanding of how galaxies form. The galaxy, named SPT0418-47, is located 12 billion light-years from Earth, according …
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Enlarge Image This photo, provided by the Arecibo Observatory, shows the damage caused by a broken cable that supports a metal platform, leaving a 100-foot hole in the reflecting dish of the radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A broken cable caused severe damage …
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Monday morning early, a cable hung over the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico broke and 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 that hung hundreds of feet above the dish and contained …
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A giant wave of toxic gas has been detected by Venus in an event never seen before in the solar system. The planet-wide cloud travels at 200 mph through the upper atmosphere of Venus and was hidden for 35 years. Described as an ‘atmospheric disturbance’ by the international team that …
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