At the end of last year, the world’s most famous radio telescope, Arecibo, which was also the largest for half a century, was completely destroyed.
Fresh images from space taken by Maxar Technologies on February 23 show that part of the structure has already been dismantled. Now “Arecibo” is somewhat reminiscent of Pacman.
Judging by the photo, at the moment about a third of the area of the plate has been dismantled, that is, in a month or two there will be practically nothing left of Arecibo. True, as mentioned, the Puerto Rican authorities have already made it clear that they want to restore the observatory. But it takes a lot of money and a lot of time. In any case, the Chinese giant Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is likely to be the largest radio telescope (with a filled aperture antenna) in the world for a very long time to come.
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