#arecibo
NASA Goldstone Asteroid Radar: Images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220, taken December 15-19, 2018. I really hope these don’t trigger Tumblr’s new content killbots, because this is one of the more… suggestive asteroids I’ve seen.
(I have a theory that this is how Skynet starts: An overzealous content filtering AI decides that the best way to stop NSFW stuff once and for all is to wipe out humanity.)
Image Credit: NASA/Arecibo/USRA/UCF/GBO/NSF
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Famed Arecibo radio telescope collapses, ending 57-year run
The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was abruptly decommissioned two weeks ago due to hazardous structural conditions, collapsed Tuesday morning, December 1. National Science Foundation cameras witnessed the 900-ton suspended platform crash into the dish after one of its three primary cables snapped.
Deteriorating cables initially prompted NSF officials into decommissioning the observatory following a smaller cable break last year, and further analysis last month proved the structure had a matter of weeks remaining.
P/c National Science Foundation
Arecibo coast aerials
