A Zinc decay was to blame for cable failures at the Arecibo Observatory, which held the title of "world's largest radio telescope." What does the discovery of a binary pulsar in 1974, the ...

They all happened at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. With a spherical reflector dish that was 305 meters (roughly 1000 feet) in diameter, Arecibo held the title of world's largest radio ...

In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters (~1000 ft) in diameter, Arecibo's spherical reflector dish was the largest radio telescope in ...

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 ...

Video footage shows the moment that one of the world's largest telescopes collapsed at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory on Tuesday. It had been in operation for 57 years, but shut after engineers ...

The Arecibo Observatory’s “uniquely powerful electromagnetic radiation environment” is the most likely initial cause of its destruction and collapse in December 2020. That’s according to a new report ...

They all happened at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. With a spherical reflector dish that was 305 meters (roughly 1000 feet) in diameter, Arecibo held the title of world's largest radio ...

The destruction of Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory has been photographed from space. The telescope collapsed earlier this month, following damaged inflicted by Tropical Storm Isaias in August.

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 ...

The dramatic 2020 collapse of the famous Arecibo Telescope was 39 months in the making, according to a new federal report. The just-released National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ...