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The futuristic Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico was once a marvel of space exploration—before negligence and neglect caused its fatal collapse.
Once the world’s largest radio telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico unlocked the mysteries of the cosmos. But by ...
Did you know that there is a town in the US where the internet has never arrived? This is their day to day life
In this West Virginia town, extraordinary efforts are taken to reduce radio transmissions, with residents’ use of Wi-Fi, cell ...
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China uses world’s biggest radio telescope to map lunar south pole water ice
The world’s big space powers are racing to send humans back to the Moon. Unlike the Apollo astronauts, this next generation of lunar explorers will spend longer periods on the Moon. They will also be ...
S.Africa's vast radio telescope draws new generation to the cosmos
When Lungelo Zondi first learned about stars and galaxies at primary school in South Africa, she dreamed of having a live ...
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Rare ‘spider star’ spotted consuming its companion
A spinning neutron star orbits the remnants of a once-massive companion it has stripped to its core.
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S.Africa's vast radio telescope draws new generation to the cosmos
From her desk in Cape Town, Zondi monitors one of the world’s largest radio telescopes, the MeerKAT, made up of 64 giant white dishes that stand in a semi-desert region 600 kilometres (370 miles ...