[Scan-DC] Arecibo collapses

[Andrew Clegg]

The rest of the telescope collapsed today. Very sad. I did half of my PhD thesis with that telescope.

I will note that the observatory was built the same year I was born, and I feel like I'm close to collapsing these days too...

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run

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Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run. By Eric Hand Dec. 1, 2020 , 9:10 AM. The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of ...
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