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Arecibo Observatory

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Arasibo Telescope - A Space Telescope That's Failing

Nodya was reporting on the telescope and the observatory at the time. The sounds you're hearing were picked up by a national science foundation drone. They decided to decommission the telescope and do a control dismantling. But they weren't quick enoughjust before eight a m on december first, 20 20, it collapsed.

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