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 telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform and the Gregorian dome — a structure as tall as a four-story building that houses secondary reflectors — […]
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Good News Earthlings! Puerto Rico Telescope Still Guarding The Galaxy Despite The Passing Of Maria
DISH WITH A VIEW: The director of the Arecibo Observatory, Francisco Cordova poses for a photo at the Observation Deck of the visitor’s Center of the Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on Oct. 16. [ad name=”HTML-68″] ARECIBO, Puerto Rico — While the vast majority of Puerto Ricans are living in a technologically deprived state without power and […]