America’s largest radio telescope blind after falling cable slashes 100-foot gash in reflector dish • The Register0

• TECHNOLOGY
• August 12, 2020

Pic America’s largest radio telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, has been forced to shut down after a falling cable slashed a 100-foot rent in its 1,000-foot reflector dish. On Tuesday, the University of Central Florida, which helps manage the National Science Foundation facility, said that on Monday, around 02:45 local time, a three-inch