They all happened at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. With a spherical reflector dish that was 305 meters (roughly ...

The Arecibo telescope collapsed due to corrosion on cable brackets. The problem was apparently overlooked during inspections.

An investigation by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found Hurricane Maria worsened a slow decay ...

A scathing new report points to unclear protocols and multiple failures to raise alarms at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto ...

In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters (~1000 ft) in diameter ...

A new report identifies Hurricane Maria as instigating the failure, while possible impacts of the radio telescope's electromagnetic radiation on its zinc components remain hypothesized but unproven.

Hurricane Maria triggered a sequence of events that led to the downfall of the storied radio observatory — but inspectors missed clear signals that the structure was in distress.

On December 1, 2020, one of the world’s most iconic astronomical facilities came crashing down. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, with its 900-ton platform and massive dish, was a symbol of ...

In the case of the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the past months ... looking at decommissioning the facility. When hurricane Maria damaged the 430 MHz feed line and part of the ...

It’s been nearly four years since the Arecibo Telescope collapsed, an event the world got to witness in unprecedented detail ...

Powerful electromagnetic radiation from an enormous radio telescope in Puerto Rico may have fast-tracked structural damage that led to the instrument's collapse in 2020, a new report says.

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