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Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter radio telescope collapses

When: 1 Dec 2020
Where: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Sources: 2 public sources

The Arecibo telescope in 2012, eight years before its platform fell into the dish RealtimeAI, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The 305-meter radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed after the National Science Foundation had announced it would be decommissioned. The dish had sent the 1974 Arecibo message; a National Academies report later analyzed why it failed.

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OfficialNSF Arecibo Observatory Historic District (media toolkit) (opens in a new tab)U.S. National Science Foundation
OfficialFailure Analysis of the Arecibo Observatory 305-Meter Telescope Collapse (opens in a new tab)National Academies Press

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