The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

After two cable failures in the span of four months, Puerto Rico's most venerable astronomy facility, the Arecibo radio telescope, has collapsed in an uncontrolled structural failure. The U.S ...

Arecibo Observatory must scientifically reinvent itself even as it continues mourning its iconic radio telescope and cleaning up its debris. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The Arecibo Observatory’s suspended equipment platform collapsed just before 8 a.m. local time on December 1, falling more than 450 feet and crashing through the telescope’s massive radio dish ...

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has collapsed, after weeks of concern from scientists over the fate of what was once the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. Arecibo's 900-ton ...

When science organizations in the United States, Europe, and Japan dreamed up a new, ultra-powerful millimeter and ...

Why the loss of an iconic radio telescope is painfully personal. The Arecibo Observatory was not only a window to the universe, but also a treasured second home to the Drake family.

This satellite image provided by 2020 Maxar Technologies shows the damaged radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2020.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is 'confident' it can work out radio frequency issues with SpaceX and other providers, but next-gen cellular satellites will likely pose a bigger obstacle.

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.

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed Tuesday, officials confirmed to the Associated Press, bringing an official end to the radio telescope’s nearly six-decade tenure as an essential ...

The Arecibo Telescope was the world’s largest single-aperture telescope until 2016. The instrument platform of the telescope fell overnight at the observatory in Puerto Rico. The radio telescope ...