Phoenix began observations in February, 1995 using the Parkes 210 foot radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia (the ...

The Arecibo Observatory suffered a massive collapse. A control room camera and drone captured the devastation. Credit: ...

The National Science Foundation announced on Nov. 19,2020 that they will decommission the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Damage to the observatory was deemed to dangerous to repair.

More information: D. Anish Roshi et al, A Cryogenic Wideband (2.5–14 GHz) Receiver System for the Arecibo Observatory 12 m Telescope, Radio Science (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023RS007839 ...

In December 2020, the Arecibo Observatory’s radio telescope was destroyed when a catastrophic cable failure caused its 900-ton platform to collapse onto the iconic dish below. Now, the National ...

After weathering hurricanes, earthquakes, budget cuts and a pandemic-induced shutdown, the iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico closed its doors on 14 August.

When the giant Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed in December 2020, it punched a hole in astronomy. For half a century Arecibo was the mightiest telescope on the planet.

March 11 (UPI) -- The famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, once home to the world's most powerful radio telescope, has reopened to visitors more than a year after the giant facility ...

Not only were the scientists at Arecibo still producing cutting-edge research but the observatory played a significant role in fulfilling many of the N.S.F.’s stated goals, including ...

Arecibo Observatory suffered another failure in August when an auxiliary cable broke that resulted in a 100-foot gash on the 1,000-foot-wide dish and damaged the receiver platform that hung above it.

The observatory itself employs roughly 130 people who largely live in and around Arecibo, said Ray Lugo, the observatory’s principal investigator and the director of the University of Central ...

The loss of Arecibo’s unique broadcast capabilities and frequency range—not to mention its social role as a hub of scientific activity—will hamstring radio astronomy for years to come.