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Arecibo telescope collapse in Puerto Rico captured on video by drone – ABC News
The dramatic collapse of one of the largest single-dish radio telescopes in the world has been captured on camera, showing cables exploding and a 900-tonne receiver…
The dramatic collapse of one of the largest single-dish radio telescopes in the world has been captured on camera, showing cables exploding and a 900-tonne receiver platform plummeting onto the reflector dish below.
Key points:
- The US National Science Foundation says the top section of all three of the telescope’s support towers broke off
- As the instrument platform fell, the telescope’s support cables also plummeted
- The NSF is now finding ways to restore operations at other parts of the observatory…
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