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China is opening the world’s largest radio telescope up to international scientists
Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, China has opened the...
China to open giant telescope to international scientists
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in southwestern China's Guizhou province is the only...
Solar telescope releases first image of a sunspot
The first sunspot image taken on Jan. 28, 2020, by the NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope's...
These photos of the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse are just heartbreaking
Gut-wrenching pictures and video documented the beginning of the end for one of the world's...
Broken Arecibo telescope collapses, ending an era of alien-hunting
A broken cable was the final straw for the already badly damaged Arecibo Observatory's radio...
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses; many mourning
This satellite image provided by 2020 Maxar Technologies shows the damaged radio telescope at the...
Faint ‘super-planet’ discovered by radio telescope for the 1st time
Scientists have discovered a cold, faint "super-planet" that has remained elusive to traditional infrared survey...
Arecibo radio telescope, damaged beyond repair, seen from space
Satellites spotted gashes in the damaged Arecibo Observatory, which is set to be decommissioned by the...
Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will decommission Arecibo Observatory's massive radio dish after damage has...