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[ad_1] The famous Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico, which once starred in a James Bond film, collapsed on Tuesday when its 900-tonne receiving platform plummeted 140 meters onto the radio dish below. Engineers had recently warned of the massive facility’s decayed condition, and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) …

[ad_1] A huge Arecibo radio telescope already damaged in Puerto Rico completely collapsed after its 900-tonne receiving platform fell onto the reflector dish below. Key points: The telescope was closed earlier this month after a main cable broke Scientists had used the telescope to study pulsars to detect gravitational waves …