arecibo observatory
Latest
Puerto Rico commits $8 million to rebuild Arecibo telescope
Puerto Rico has approved $8 million to help rebuild the Arecibo Observatory telescope, although it will likely need considerably more help.
Jon Fingas12.31.2020
NSF offers a closer look at how the Arecibo Observatory collapsed
The trouble at Arecibo began this August, when one of the auxiliary cables supporting the receiver platform slipped out of its socket atop Tower 4, one of the telescope's main support struts. Once free, the cable struck Arecibo's reflector dish, leaving behind a gash about 100 feet long.
Chris Velazco12.03.2020
The Arecibo Observatory's telescope has collapsed
The world-famous Arecibo Observatory has collapsed.
Igor Bonifacic12.01.2020
Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous
After 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico’s world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming to an unfortunate end.
Igor Bonifacic11.19.2020
Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months
It could take months to repair Arecibo Observatory, the second-largest radio telescope in the world.
Christine Fisher08.19.2020
Puerto Rico’s Arecibo radio telescope suffers serious damage
A broken cable damaged the Arecibo Observatory, the second-largest radio telescope in the world.
Christine Fisher08.12.2020
Arecibo Observatory nets $19 million grant to search for dangerous asteroids
NASA has ensured the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico can continue its search for near Earth objects (NEOs) that pose a threat to the planet with a $19 million grant. The fund was awarded to the University of Central Florida, which operates the observatory on behalf of the National Science Foundation.
Marc DeAngelis08.30.2019
Alt-week 8.18.12: Graphene sponges, zero-g athletics and tweets in space
Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days. We see a lot of crazy stories here at Engadget, especially when we spend our week poking around in dark and scary corners of the internet specifically in search of them, just so you don't have to. We consider it a service almost. One that we're delighted to provide, we must add. When else would we be able to share such delights as an astronaut triathlete, soft, color-changing robots and a recent response to a thirty-year-old alien broadcast? Exactly. This is alt-week.
James Trew08.18.2012
Save Arecibo: because aliens don't do voicemail
The folks at SETI@home have put out a desperate plea for the community to bust out those quill pens and start writing strongly-worded letters to congress persons. Apparently the Arecibo Observatory, the world's largest radio telescope and SETI@home's data source, is being threatened with some massive budget cuts. Given that a replacement for Arecibo won't be online until 2020 at best, folks are understandably upset. Turns out Arecibo is also one of the best shots we have at detecting an earth-threatening asteroid before it's too late and we have to sit through another Elijah Wood movie on the subject. You know what you have to do.[Thanks, Brian]
Paul Miller07.07.2008