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Arecibo Observatory Destruction Captured By Drone And Control Room
The Arecibo Observatory suffered a massive collapse. A control room camera and drone captured the devastation. Credit: ...
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In an Attempt at Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence for the First Time, Humans Sent a Note Into Outer Space 51 Years Ago
The Arecibo Message was not intended as an invitation to talk to aliens, but as a demonstration of human technological ...
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Puerto Rico: The moment the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapsed
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 ...
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Arecibo Observatory is shutting down — here are some of the most groundbreaking discoveries it inspired, including one that led to a Nobel Prize
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 ...
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Arecibo Message
The broadcast formed part of the ceremonies held to mark a major upgrade to the Arecibo Radio Telescope. The transmission consisted of a simple, pictorial message, aimed at our putative cosmic ...
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China Now Has the World’s Biggest Radio Dish
FAST will have many of the same capabilities as the Arecibo Observatory, says Chris Salter, a senior research associate at the Puerto Rican facility, but because the Chinese telescope will view a ...