Science
Investigation begins into damage at one of the world’s most iconic observatories – The Verge
The Arecibo Observatory is out of commission after a cable broke over the iconic facility and damaged the main reflector dish. Scientists operating the observatory have launched an investigation, but they don’t know how long the damage will take to fix.
We are a pretty resilient bunch
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
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This week, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico an iconic facility made famous by movies like Contact and Goldeneye had to halt observations of the Universe after a structural cable failed, punching a hole in the facilitys giant reflector dish. Operators of the observatory say the overall facility is mostly fine, but theyre working to figure out exactly what went wrong.
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