20 November 2020
The iconic Arecibo Observatory to be demolished due to safety concerns
... we simply could not do this safely. And that is a line we cannot cross." The cultural and economic significance of Arecibo Observatory to Puerto Rico and the astronomers who used it cannot be understated and the loss of such an legendary structure...
12 August 2020
Arecibo Observatory damaged by broken cable
...helps support a metal platform in place above the Arecibo Observatory – the world's most powerful radio space telescope ...assessing the situation,” says Francisco Cordova, the director of the observatory. “Our focus is assuring the safety of our staff,...
July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... in 2018 and will return an asteroid sample to Earth in 2023. In 2020, an international team of researchers using data from Arecibo Observatory and the Fermi Space Telescope announced in the journal Nature Astronomy the discovery of what they called...
01 December 2020
The main platform at Arecibo has collapsed
Just weeks after officials announced that the iconic and world famous Arecibo Observatory would be dismantled, the instrument platform suspended above the 305-metre dish has collapsed resulting in damage to ...
09 November 2020
More woe for Arecibo as a second cable breaks causing more damage
... snapped, further damaging the powerful but unlucky radio telescope. Nestled in the Puerto Rican mountains, the Arecibo Observatory has been used by scientists around the world to conduct research in the areas of atmospheric sciences, planetary...
March 2021
Messier 82’s starburst magnetic highway
... was the Associate Director for Science & Public Outreach at SOFIA (2018-19) and the deputy director of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico (2015-18). She was a programme officer for the National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical...
