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At the Bottom of a Hill in Puerto Rico Had Been Sleeping Since 1963 a 305 M Mirror Disappeared in Seconds

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It will have taken a few seconds for fifty-seven years of scientific history to collapse in a cloud of dust. Nestled in the heart of a tropical valley of Puerto Rico, a gigantic 305-metre-diameter metal mirror has been observing the sky since 1963. Then, one morning like the other, everything has turned. To remember Arecibo's radiotelescope, [...]
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It will have taken a few seconds for fifty-seven years of scientific history to collapse in a cloud of dust. Nestled in the heart of a tropical valley of Puerto Rico, a gigantic 305-metre-diameter metal mirror has been observing the sky since 1963. Then, one morning like the other, everything has turned. To remember Arecibo's radiotelescope, [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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