Arecibo
Puerto Rican telescope
Arecibo is a city in Puerto Rico, known primarily for the Arecibo Observatory—a massive radio telescope built into a natural sinkhole that operated from 1963 until its collapse in 2020.
The telescope was iconic in astronomy and popular culture, featured in films like *Contact* and *GoldenEye*.
In scientific contexts, Arecibo often refers specifically to the observatory: the Arecibo message, Arecibo data.
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- radio telescopeAstronomical receiver for cosmic waves
- dishFood container or recipe
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- SETIQuest for cosmic signals
radar · pulsars · astronomy · astrophysics · signals · detection · research · collapse
American Caribbean territory
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- karstEroded soluble rock terrain
- sinkholeUnderground collapse crater
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
municipality · northern coast · limestone · hills · rum
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- radio telescopeAstronomical receiver for cosmic waves
- dishFood container or recipe
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
SETI · radar · pulsars · astronomy · astrophysics · signals · detection · research · collapse · ionosphere
Puerto Rico
American Caribbean territory
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- karstEroded soluble rock terrain
- sinkholeUnderground collapse crater
tropical · municipality · northern coast · limestone · hills · rum
- Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto Rico, Carolina, Old San Juan, Salinas
- Caribbean PlacesNassau, Bridgetown, Kingston, San Juan, Havana
- radio astronomyradio telescopes, radio telescope, radio waves, radio signals, radio spectrum
- Territory CitiesSan Juan, Saipan
- astronomystars, moon, sun, planet, planets
- Asteroid DefenseNEO, planetary defense, threat detection, collision course, early warning
Arecibooptical telescope
Device magnifying through lenses
Hubble Space Telescope · James Webb Space Telescope · interferometer · space telescope · reflecting telescope