A 1,000-foot-wide telescope collapsed in Puerto Rico

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A 1,000-foot-wide telescope collapsed in Puerto Rico

A 1,000-foot-wide telescope collapsed in Puerto Rico

Mashable

Published 04 Dec 2020

A massive telescope collapse at the legendary Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was recently captured on camera.

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