On November 16, 1974, humans sent their first message to the stars in an attempt to contact extraterrestrials. They did this ...

Junellie González Quiles peered into her first telescope when she was 10 years old and what she saw were stars, planets, and a doorway into a world of science made possible by Puerto Rico’s iconic ...

"It's like losing an elderly relative." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a year full of terrible new sorrows and burdens, the ...

Génesis Ferrer had dreamed of working in the Arecibo Observatory ever since she first met some of its astrophysicists during a high school trip in Puerto Rico. After hearing them use terms such as ...

In the backcountry of Puerto Rico, hidden from prying eyes by round, misty hills, sits one of the world’s great astronomical facilities: the Arecibo Observatory. Conceived in the aftermath of the ...

Newly released video shows the moment the Arecibo Observatory collapsed in Puerto Rico. On Tuesday morning, the telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform and dome fell when its cables snapped. People who ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --The National Science Foundation said Friday that it won't rebuild the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and instead pans to build a STEM-focused education center. The center would ...

Since 2001 Gonzalez has been assistant director for space and atmospheric sciences at the telescope facility. He succeeds Daniel Altschuler, who will become the first director of the observatory’s ...

In her last days in office, Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced signed an executive order committing Puerto Rico to reconstruct the Arecibo radio observatory — a telescope Cornell managed for 42 years. The ...

A WorldView satellite image of Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter radio telescope after the observing platform fell into the dish Dec. 1. Credit: Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies WASHINGTON — The ...

Engineers predicted it might happen, and last night it did - the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed in on itself overnight. NSF is saddened by this development. As we move forward, we will ...