2020 December 09 - Aricebo Telescope Collapse
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 09/12/2020

In today's image, we see a video showing the collapse of the Aricebo Radio Telescope on December 1 of this year. The telescope had suffered damage earlier this year and was going to be decommissioned when the collapse occurred. 

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