For decades, Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory was one of the most extraordinary scientific instruments ever constructed, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before-and-after images of the Arecibo Observatory show a dramatic collapse that ended an era in space research. Astronomers ...

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In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters (~1000 ft) in diameter, Arecibo's spherical reflector dish was the largest radio telescope in the ...

Whatever replaces the destroyed radio telescope will likely be smaller than the original, but a group of astronomers is arguing that its size won't matter. Reading time 2 minutes It’s been two and a ...

Junellie González Quiles peered into her first telescope when she was 10 years old and what she saw were stars, planets, and a doorway into a world of science made possible by Puerto Rico’s iconic ...

In the backcountry of Puerto Rico, hidden from prying eyes by round, misty hills, sits one of the world’s great astronomical facilities: the Arecibo Observatory. Conceived in the aftermath of the ...