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The economic loss of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory is already being felt. It’s also very personal – CNN
The iconic observatory has been an integral part of Puerto Rico’s education, science and business sectors that experts contend must be rebuilt after structural…
(CNN)Junellie González Quiles peered into her first telescope when she was 10 years old and what she saw werestars, planets, and a doorway into a world of science made possible by Puerto Rico’s iconic Arecibo Observatory.
Observatory astronomers once brought some telescopes to a summer camp she attended as a girl growing up in San Juan, part of one of Arecibo’s various educational programs — the future of which are now unclear.
The observatory has been an integral part of the island’s education,…
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