Three scientists on what we learned from the Arecibo radio telescope – The Conversation UK

Astronomers are mourning the loss of the worlds second largest radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The US National Science Foundation said the Arecibo telescopes 900-tonne instrument platform fell onto a reflector dish some 450ft (137 metres) below just weeks after it was announced that the telescope would be dismantled due to safety fears.
It was a sad and dramatic end for this magnificent telescope (once famously scaled by James Bond) which was the largest in the world until 2019. It has given so…

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