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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Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet of gas giants that formed roughly 160 million years ago and now glows pink. The large pink planet is several times the mass of Jupiter, but roughly the same size. The planet and its Sun-like star live about 57 light-years from Earth. With new …
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Photo: Twitter / Chris Cassidy Galapagos Islands are a group of volcanic islands that lie in the Pacific Ocean and are part of Ecuador. Trending Desk Last updated: 18:44, 12 August 2020 IST NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy shared the enchanting photos of the Galapagos Islands on his twitter grip. Astronauts …
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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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One of the most prominent astronomical observers in the world has a hole. On Monday, a 3-inch-thick (76-mm-thick) cable broke at the Arecibo Observatory, cutting a 30-foot (30-meter) hole in the reflector dish of the 20-acre radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The observatory was just opened after a temporary closure …
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