What does the discovery of a binary pulsar in 1974, the discovery of the first exoplanets, and the most powerful message humans have ever sent out into space all have in common? They all happened at ...

Powerful electromagnetic radiation from an enormous radio telescope in Puerto Rico may have fast-tracked structural damage that led to the instrument's collapse in 2020, a new report says. On Dec. 1, ...

The Arecibo Observatory suffered a massive collapse. A control room camera and drone captured the devastation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Arecibo Observatory / National Science Foundation | ...

The NSF-funded AC3 project will transform the landmark into a dynamic center for science education, computational training ...

The December 2020 collapse of the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico came at the end of a 39-month sequence that began with Hurricane Maria in 2017, according to a new report from the National Academies ...

A historic telescope collapsed in Puerto Rico. The enormous Arecibo telescope made scientific discoveries and has been featured in movies. Its... Star Of 'Contact' And 'GoldenEye,' Arecibo Telescope ...

In her last days in office, Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced signed an executive order committing Puerto Rico to reconstruct the Arecibo radio observatory — a telescope Cornell managed for 42 years. The ...

ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday.

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ARECIBO, Puerto Rico — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The ...