The main collecting dish at Arecibo Observatory is among the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes. A cable failed in August and carved a 100-foot-long gash in the dish, and another cable failed on November 6, putting the entire telescope at risk.
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One of the world's most venerable radio telescopes is on the brink of catastrophe, triggering a frantic race by engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to save it after two critical cables supporting a 900-ton equipment platform broke.
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Op-ed | To get to Mars, first develop the moon - SpaceNews
A s the nation looks ahead to a new U.S. presidential administration and the new decade, few decisions will have a more profound impact on the future of our nation, and potentially the world, than the direction of the U.S. space program.
America's current focus on development of the moon is often depicted as inhibiting human exploration of Mars. Different administrations, different Congresses, have pushed one or the other, through visionary plans, research programs and soaring rhetoric. But there is a fundamental truth that will shape our extraterrestrial planning: the next "gold rush" will be for lunar resources to enable an energy rich economy in Earth-moon space.
Space Business: Readiness — Space Business — Quartz
Fitting Tilda Swinton to a tee - The Boston Globe
So it comes as a shock to realize that Nov. 5 Swinton turned 60. It's true that she played The Ancient One in the Marvel movies "Doctor Strange" (2016) and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), but there's ancient — then there's turning 60.
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Apparently, the news didn't shock anyone at the Brattle Theatre. They know from Tilda Swinton. Much as that Cambridge institution is loved by local filmgoers, the Brattle loves Swinton even more. Three years ago it screened a series called Tilda Swinton: World's Greatest Actress.
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Prof. Betül Kacar to lead NASA astrobiology research team - english
Prof. Betül Kacar will lead an interdisciplinary research team as part of NASA's Astrobiology Program, the agency announced Monday (November 9).
"Looking forward to leading this exciting project over the next five years and support NASA's astrobiology goals and future missions!" Kacar said on Twitter.
"We are excited about these additions to the astrobiology research portfolio," said Lori Glaze, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division. "The astrobiology community continues to grow and is increasing their contributions to planning and implementation of NASA's Science Mission Directorate flight missions. These new teams are central to ensuring astrobiology goals are cohesively integrated into those future missions."
Abigail dreams of big sister status | Your Valley
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After making a necklace at KP Studio, a Phoenix metalsmith studio offering jewelry classes, owner Michelle Moyer asks Abigail if she wants to make something else. She does – a bracelet for another girl in the group home.
“I like to make stuff,” the 13-year-old says, adding that she once made a pair of shoes out of cardboard.
'Fireball' Is Werner Herzog's Ode to Space Rocks | WIRED
Even though Fireball is ostensibly a science documentary, it doesn't feel like one. "Documentaries about science are always very predictable, and many of them are too didactic," Herzog says. "We said we shall never be didactic, we will give insights of a deeper nature than just science."
More than 100 tons of space rock falls to earth every day. Most of these meteorites arrive as microscopic particles of cosmic dust, but every so often one comes along that's big enough to shape the destiny of an individual, a community, or the entire planet. This is what Herzog meant when he said each of these stones has a story. It feels natural to attribute meaning to a natural event caused by random fluctuations in an unfeeling universe. Sometimes the story starts with a meteorite.
Pantsless woman forces Houston-bound flight to land in Alabama - pennlive.com
An allegedly intoxicated woman wearing only a T-shirt and underwear forced a Houston-bound plane to land in Mobile, Al. (photo by HAL9001 via Unsplash)
Fox 10 News reports that Sierra Nicole McClinton forced the CommutAir (operating at the time as United Express) plane to land due to her "unruly behavior" on Thursday. McClinton was reportedly fully dressed upon boarding the flight, but had undressed by the time the incident occurred.
Authorities who handled the matter stated that McClinton was incredibly intoxicated, yelling obscenities and consistently rejecting officer's commands once the plane landed in the Heart of Dixie.
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A Second Cable has Failed at Arecibo, Causing Even More Damage to the Radio Observatory - https://t.co/TzWBhGEPal… https://t.co/aQJsOXCI7J universetoday (from Courtenay, British Columbia) Wed Nov 11 16:26:56 +0000 2020
世界最大級の電波望遠鏡でわずか3カ月に2度の大事故が発生 https://t.co/JQRTMrhI7v gigazine Wed Nov 11 22:00:13 +0000 2020
Puerto Rico's historic radio telescope was smashed by another broken cable that may be related to a similar acciden… https://t.co/wjHRcWHMz5 VICE Thu Nov 12 08:00:09 +0000 2020
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