• Collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope Instrument Platform, Ending 57-year Run By Eric Hand 1.12.2020 VIDEO: Arecibo Observatory staff believe one of the remaining suspension cables broke on 1 December, sending the 900-ton instrument platform crashing into the dish. [D.A.S. DRONES Perez] • The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of t

The moment Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory - one of the world’s largest - collapses. The huge radio telescope played a key role in astronomical discoveries for 57 years. | Al Jazeera English

New video shows the exact moment the cables on the second-largest radio radio telescope in the world snapped, causing the subsequent collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The massive telescope played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century. STORY: https://bit.ly/3qsWgZt | FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay

8.8K views · 121 reactions |  The Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed just weeks after engineers decided it was too dangerous to repair. The telescope had aided in astronomical discoveries for 57 years. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. ( : CNN) | KSL 5 TV | Facebook