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A Broken Cable Has Smashed a Huge Hole in The Arecibo Observatory – ScienceAlert
One of the world’s most prominent astronomical observatories has a hole.
One of the world’s most prominent astronomical observatories has a hole.
On Monday, a 3-inch-thick (76-mm-thick) cable at the Arecibo Observatory broke, tearing a gash 100 feet (30 metres) long in the reflector dish of the 20-acre radio telescope in Puerto Rico.
The observatory had just reopened after a temporary closure due to Tropical Storm Isaias when the cable, which helped support a metal platform, snapped at about 2:45 am ET.
Now the facility is closed again as engineers assess the dama…
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