14 August 2020

FREAK ACCIDENT: Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope


The Arecibo Radio Telescope is one of the most famous astronomical observatories in the world, and for a long time was the world's largest. 
On Monday night a support cable snapped and fell into the reflector dish, damaging the reflector panels, it also crashed into the side of the gregorian dome which includes the secondard and tertiary reflectors.
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