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Syra Ortiz-Blanes Miami Herald/TNS SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Arecibo Observatory was born in the mid-20th century from a confluence of earthly and celestial forces: William E. Gordon, the scientist who devised the massive radio telescope, wanted to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. The federal defense agency that funded its construction aspired to dominate the technology race against the Soviet Union. And so, between 1960 and 1963, in an era brimming with the idea of space exploration and Cold War tensions, a radio telescope of power and size never before seen was built in Arecibo, a coa...

Rebuild Arecibo Observatory: One Scientist’s Reflection on Advocacy and Research Héctor G. Arce, Ph.D., Professor of Astrophysics, UCS Science Network, UCS | December 16, 2020, 5:07 pm EDT On December 1, 2020, the 900-tonne platform that held most of the instruments of the Arecibo Observatory (AO) at a height of more than 500 feet above the ground came crashing down. People from all walks of life, old and young, scientists and non-scientists, for whom this iconic telescope meant so much, have watched t...

The Arecibo Observatory was born in the mid-20th century from a confluence of earthly and celestial forces: William E. Gordon, the scientist who devised the massive radio telescope, wanted to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. The US federal defence agency that funded its construction aspired to dominate the technology race against the Soviet Union. Ricardo Arudengo/AFP/TNS/Getty Images This aerial view shows the damage at the Arecibo Observatory after one of the main cables holding the receiver broke in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. And so, between 1960 and 1963, in an era brimming with the idea ...

The collapse of a world-renowned radio telescope leaves an astronomical legacy Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald © RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/TNS This aerial view shows the damage at the Arecibo Observatory after one of the main cables holding the receiver broke in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 1, 2020. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Arecibo Observatory was born in the mid-20th century from a confluence of earthly and celestial forces: William E. Gordon, the scientist who devised the massive radio telescope, wanted to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. The federal defense agency th...

Arecibo and the Global Divide Around Funding Science Infrastructure 13/12/2020 A view of the Arecibo Telescope in July 2010. Photo: amelungc/Flickr, CC BY 2.0. A mere two weeks after the National Science Foundation declared it would close the Arecibo single-dish radio telescope – once the largest in the world – the observatory took a dramatic dying breath and collapsed on December 1, 2020. While drone footage captured the moment in excruciating detail, in truth, the disintegration of the telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico began far before this cinematic end. It is tempting to bl...