Today the National Science Foundation released a pair of videos that document the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory with incredible detail. A wide shot, apparently taken from the Visitors Center, ...

Before-and-after images of the Arecibo Observatory show a dramatic collapse that ended an era in space research. Astronomers mourned the loss of the observatory, which faced natural disasters. For ...

It has been two months since Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico on September 20, downing power lines, damaging buildings, and knocking out water supplies across the island. During the devastation, a ...

In the backcountry of Puerto Rico, hidden from prying eyes by round, misty hills, sits one of the world’s great astronomical facilities: the Arecibo Observatory. Conceived in the aftermath of the ...

This year’s booth theme, “What Would You Say to Aliens,” focused on the Arecibo Message, sent in 1974 from the Arecibo ...

The Arecibo Observatory's radio telescope collapsed Tuesday morning, when its 900-ton suspended platform crashed into the enormous dish below. Arecibo was one of Earth's best radio astronomy tools for ...

A year after the collapse of an iconic radio telescope tucked away in a natural sinkhole, scientists and Puerto Ricans are still reeling from the loss of a decades-old observatory. Arecibo Observatory ...

Junellie González Quiles peered into her first telescope when she was 10 years old and what she saw were stars, planets, and a doorway into a world of science made possible by Puerto Rico’s iconic ...

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 tool ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists' reactions range from joy to cautious optimism at the news that the iconic Arecibo ...

If the name Arecibo sounds familiar, it is probably because you’ve seen Contact, the 1997 movie adaptation of Carl Sagan’s sci-fi novel of the same name. Dr. Ellie Arroway works at the Arecibo ...