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The futuristic Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico was once a marvel of space exploration—before negligence and neglect caused its fatal collapse.

For nearly six decades, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico stood as a monument to human curiosity, exploration, and technological brilliance. Once the world’s largest radio telescope, Arecibo ...
NBC News

Unprecedented failure led to the collapse of the world-renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, report shows

Four years after the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is shining a light on the ...
Science Friday

What Will Emerge From The Wreckage Of The Arecibo Telescope?

In 2020, Puerto Rico’s massive Arecibo radio telescope collapsed. The research facility may now be on the cusp of a new chapter. The Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in the hills of Arecibo, Puerto ...
Science Friday

Puerto Rico y la ciencia espacial después de Arecibo

This story is available in English. Esta historia está disponible en inglés. En una esquina de su laboratorio, el profesor Abel Méndez, director del Laboratorio de Habilidad Planetaria de la ...
Mashable

Giant telescope's own powerful radiation may have contributed to collapse

The Arecibo Observatory's giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico suffered a cataclysmic failure in December 2020. Credit: Walter Bibikow / DigitalVision / Getty Images Powerful electromagnetic radiation ...