Business Insider India4 年
Photos show what the Arecibo telescope looked like before and after its disastrous collapse
The Arecibo Observatory's enormous radio telescope collapsed on Tuesday morning. Its 900-ton platform crashed into the 1,000-foot-side disk below, yanking down the tops of three support towers as ...
Space on MSN1 个月
4 years after the giant Arecibo Observatory collapsed, we finally know what happened
They all happened at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. With a spherical reflector dish that was 305 meters (roughly ...
Business Insider India4 年
Arecibo Observatory is shutting down — here are some of the most groundbreaking ...
Observations from the Arecibo Observatory also led to the detection of the first-millisecond pulsar, PSR B1937+21. It was discovered in 1982 by DC Backer, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Carl Heiles, MM ...
Hackaday4 年
Eulogy To Arecibo: With Demise Of A Unique Scientific Facility, Who Will Carry The Torch?
In the case of the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the past months has seen not only astronomers but also countless people across the world wait with bated breath after initial ...
U.S. News & World Report1 年
Observatorio de Arecibo
The Arecibo Observatory has a rich history. Scientists used the site's massive telescope to collect data about Earth's atmosphere, the solar system's planets, comets and more since its debut in ...
New report details what happened to the Arecibo Observatory
According to the committee report, the structural failure began in 2017 when Hurricane Maria hit the observatory on September ...
SETI1 年
Arecibo Message
In 1974, the most powerful broadcast ever deliberately beamed into space was made from Puerto Rico. The broadcast formed part of the ceremonies held to mark a major upgrade to the Arecibo Radio ...