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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Broken cable smashes hole in giant ‘Contact’ radio telescope that searches for aliens

One of the world’s most prominent astronomical observatories has a hole.On Monday, a thick cable at the Arecibo Observatory broke, tearing a gash 30 metres long in the reflector dish of the 20-acre radio telescope in Puerto Rico.The observatory had just reopened after a temporary closure due to Tropical Storm Isaias when the cable, which helped support a metal platform, snapped. Now the facility is closed again as engineers assess the damage, according to the University of Central Florida, a…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3097009/broken-cable-smashes-hole-giant-contact-radio-telescope-searches-aliens

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