Arecibo

[ ahr-uh-see-boh; Spanish ah-re-see-baw ]

noun

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The year’s end brought one more tragedy with the collapse of the aging Arecibo observatory, leaving Earth a little more vulnerable to space rocks and astronomers wondering what’s next.
The best space stories of 2020 | Charlie Wood | December 25, 2020 | Popular-Science
Today he’s a radio astronomer at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.
Star of science and movies, the Arecibo radio telescope is dead | Lisa Grossman | December 9, 2020 | Science News For Students
He used Arecibo to help map the shapes and motions of near-Earth asteroids.
Why Arecibo’s loss is such a big deal for astronomy | Maria Temming | December 9, 2020 | Science News For Students
In 1990, Arecibo was being repaired, and so it was stuck staring at one spot on the sky.
Here are 10 of Arecibo’s coolest achievements | Maria Temming | December 7, 2020 | Science News
If funding to rebuild Arecibo’s dish in full cannot be found, both she and Virkki hope that the site can keep participating in research in other ways.
The Arecibo Observatory collapsed this week. What now? | Charlie Wood | December 4, 2020 | Popular-Science

We reached Arecibo, having to ford or ferry streams five times.
The American Missionary -- Volume 54, No. 01, January, 1900 | Various
Thence the Alamo proceeded, August 29, to Arecibo, which port was reached on the same day.
The Red Cross in Peace and War | Clara Barton
On the rugged north side, where the ocean currents set to southward, there are no good anchorages between Arecibo and San Juan.
Porto Rico | Arthur D. Hall
Yet town after town surrendered to these outposts until they were encamped before Arecibo, on the northern coast of the island.
Porto Rico | Arthur D. Hall

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