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Petition to White House requests action to save Arecibo telescope – Digital Journal

After it was decided to demolish the iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, scientists, experts, and many Puerto Ricans have taken to digital platforms…

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Last week, The National Science Foundation made the difficult decision to demolish the iconic Arecibo radio-telescope after engineers determined the structure is currently at serious risk of an unexpected, uncontrolled collapse.
In an effort to save the 57-year-old telescope, scientists, teachers, and students are using the #WhatAreciboMeansToMe hashtag to share the observatory’s impact in their lives and the scientific world. A Twitter account called Save the Arecibo Observatory has also been created,…

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