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Watch the Arecibo Observatory's catastrophic collapse!
The National Science Foundation has released remarkable footage of the Arecibo Observatory's 900-ton platform falling into the 1,000-foot wide (305 meters) dish below. A drone happened to be performing an up-close investigation of the cables that hold the platform above the dish as they snapped. Videos released Thursday by NSF show both the ...
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• Collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope Instrument Platform, Ending 57-year Run By Eric Hand 1.12.2020 VIDEO: Arecibo Observatory staff believe one of the remaining suspension cables broke on 1 December, sending the 900-ton instrument platform crashing into the dish. [D.A.S. DRONES Perez] • The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of t
• Collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope Instrument Platform, Ending 57-year Run By Eric Hand 1.12.2020 VIDEO: Arecibo Observatory staff believe one of the remaining suspension cables broke on 1 December, sending the 900-ton instrument platform crashing into the dish. [D.A.S. DRONES Perez] • The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of t
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In 1974, the Arecibo Observatory made history by beaming the most powerful radio message into deep space ever made. The famous Arecibo Message was designed by the AO 74’s staff, led by Frank Drake, and with the help of the astronomer and famed science communicator Carl Sagan. It contained information about the human race and was intended to be our intergalactic calling card. Now is your turn to make the #NewAreciboMessage Make history here: www.areciboobservatory.org/challenge/ | The Arecibo Obs
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