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

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

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

A Zinc decay was to blame for cable failures at the Arecibo Observatory, which held the title of "world's largest radio ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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

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.