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 famous Are Resibo Observatory Telescope in Puerto Rico, which was once starring in the James Bond film, crashed on Tuesday when its 900-ton receiver sank 450 feet (140 meters) on a radio dish below the platform. Engineers recently warned of the dire state of the giant constitution, and the …
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One of the world’s most respected radio telescopes, on the verge of destruction, has begun a race to uncover it by engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico after two complex cables supporting a 900-ton instrument platform broke. The platform, in which a large dish was made by cables …
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For the second time in just a matter of months, a cable accident at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory has caused even more damage to one of the world’s largest and most powerful radio telescopes. In August Gust, astronomers and science-lovers were surprised to see a huge hole burst from a …
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According to a recent dispatch from NASA, the space agency has an “exciting new discovery about the moon” on Monday, October 26th. Surprisingly, the new results are courtesy of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). It is the largest airborne observatory in the world, and it is actually a …
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