Science
The iconic Arecibo Telescope goes quiet after major damage – Ars Technica
A cable cut a large gash into the radio telescope this week and it’s uncertain when it will be back in working order.
Early Monday morning, a cable suspended over the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico broke and left a 100-foot-long gash in the dish of the iconic radio telescope. The 3-inch diameter cable also caused damage to the panels of the Gregorian dome that is suspended hundreds of feet above the dish and houses the telescopes receivers. It is unclear what caused the cable to break or when radio astronomers using the telescope will be able to resume their research.
This was an auxiliary cable used to supp…
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