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How the Arecibo Observatory created a scientific legacy for Puerto Rico

04 Jan 2021
Taken from the January 2021 issue of Physics World, where it appeared until the headline "Astronomers mourn Arecibo collapse".

The devastating collapse of the iconic Arecibo Observatory last month has left a large hole not just in astronomy but with the people of Puerto Rico too, as Liz Kruesi reports

Arecibo after the collapse
End of the line? A petition to rebuild the collapsed Arecibo Observatory, has had more than 60,000 signatures. (Courtesy: Robert Minchin)
On 1 December 2020 disaster struck on the island of Puerto Rico. A few minutes before 8 a.m. local t

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Liz Kruesi is a science writer based in the US
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