The Arecibo Observatory suffered a massive collapse. A control room camera and drone captured the devastation. Credit: ...

which meant engineers hadn't considered the degradation of these mechanisms as a source of a potential future collapse.

It’s been nearly four years since the Arecibo Telescope collapsed, an event the world got to witness in unprecedented detail thanks to strategically positioned drones. They captured breathtaking ...

In a theoretical study, researchers explored how a twin Earth with human-like life and technology might detect our ...

Nearly three years after the rapid unplanned disassembly of the Arecibo radio telescope, we finally have a culprit in the collapse: bad sockets. In case you somehow missed it, back in 2020 we ...

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The Arecibo Observatory is one of the biggest in the world, responsible for some of the most crucial discoveries about outer space — including one that led to a pair of scientists winning the ...

The Arecibo Observatory has a rich history ... In 2020, cables holding the central platform broke and the platform collapsed into the dish, damaging the dish. In 2022, the National Science ...