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  • [ 1 March 2021 ] Evidence grows for pulsar at the heart of famed supernova remnant News
  • [ 26 February 2021 ] Juno mission extended, will now study Jupiter’s moons and rings News
  • [ 22 February 2021 ] Video provides thrilling bird’s eye view of Mars landing News
  • [ 19 February 2021 ] Perseverance Mars rover lands on Mars, beams back dramatic photos News
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Dramatic video shows catastrophic collapse of Arecibo instrument platform

3 December 2020 Astronomy Now

U.S. National Science Foundation releases dramatic video showing dramatic collapse of Arecibo Observatory’s 900-ton instrument platform onto the radio telescope’s huge dish antenna.

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Iconic Arecibo Observatory, too unsafe to repair, faces demolition

19 November 2020 Astronomy Now

Engineers conclude the Arecibo Observatory’s 900-ton receiver is too unstable to repair in the wake of a second support cable failure, prompting decision to decommission the facility.

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Arecibo Observatory suffers additional damage from second cable failure

8 November 2020 Astronomy Now

The Arecibo Observatory, off-line due to a support cable failure, has suffered additional damage from a second cable break.

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Radio telescope spots 27 previously unknown supernova remnants

25 November 2019 Astronomy Now

A new look at the central regions of the Milky Way, captured by the Murchison Widefield Array in Australia, has revealed 27 previously unknown supernova remnants.

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‘Extreme’ telescopes find the second-fastest-spinning pulsar

6 September 2017 Astronomy Now

By following up on mysterious high-energy sources mapped out by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Netherlands-based Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope has identified a pulsar spinning at more than 42,000 revolutions per minute, making it the second-fastest known.

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News Headlines

  • Evidence grows for pulsar at the heart of famed supernova remnant

    1 March 2021
  • Juno mission extended, will now study Jupiter’s moons and rings

    26 February 2021
  • Video provides thrilling bird’s eye view of Mars landing

    22 February 2021
  • Perseverance Mars rover lands on Mars, beams back dramatic photos

    19 February 2021
  • The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9

    16 February 2021
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