Arecibo Observatory

A scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away. The celestial equivalent of "guess your weight" was achieved by Steve Chesley of JPL's Near-Earth Object Program Office by utilizing data from three NASA assets - the Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert, the orbiting Spitzer Space telescope, and the NASA-sponsored Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. This computer generated...Read Full Story

Photo Mugs of Upgraded Arecibo radio telescope with subreflector from Science Photo Library lenses alien – . This Photo Mug features an image chosen by Science Photo Library. Estimated image size 163x80mm. 11oz White ceramic coffee mug e. Image printed using sublimation ink process. Microwave, dishwasher safe Image Description: Upgraded Arecibo radio observatory. Aerialfisheye lens view of the Arecibo radio telescope, with its gregorian subreflector system newlyinstalled in 1997. This...Read Full Story

Framed Prints of Upgraded Arecibo radio telescope with subreflector from Science Photo Library lenses alien – . This 14×11 Framed Print features an image chosen by Science Photo Library. Estimated image size 356x154mm. Black Satin Frame Off-White Digital Mat 14×11 wooden frame with digital mat and RA4 print. Finished back including brown backing paper, hanging bracket and corner bumpers Image Description: Upgraded Arecibo radio observatory. Aerialfisheye lens view of the Arecibo radio...Read Full Story

To astronomers, Arecibo is the world’s largest radio telescope and one of mankind’s preeminent tools for probing the heavens. To movie buffs, Arecibo is where Jodi Foster first met Matthew McConaughey in Contact and where Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond chased down a villain in GoldenEye. To Caribbean travelers, Arecibo is a great travel destination to mix into your diving, shopping and beach lounging (particularly if you are traveling with children). Central to any visit to Arecibo is...Read Full Story

ARECIBO, PR  -  Leo Machuchal has been spotted by the largest radio telescope in the world in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.  Actually, Leo was spotted in the telescope.  His image was nearly 2,000 feet long and visible from outer space. Leo as seen from outer space The CIA responded immediately and arrested every scientist in Arecibo. The scientists were arrested We demand an investigation into these arrests.  The CIA is trying to eliminate every Puerto Rican scientist, and they’re using Leo as an...Read Full Story

To astronomers, Arecibo is the world’s largest radio telescope and one of mankind’s preeminent tools for probing the heavens. To movie buffs, Arecibo is where Jodi Foster first met Matthew McConaughey in Contact and where Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond chased down a villain in GoldenEye. To Caribbean travelers, Arecibo is a great travel destination to mix into your diving, shopping and beach lounging (particularly if you are traveling with children). Central to any visit to Arecibo is...Read Full Story

The 1,000-foot-wide dish, which rests in a natural sinkhole, consists of 40,000 aluminum panels (1) that form a radio-reflective surface. The panels gather radio waves from the sky and focus them onto a feed antenna (2) that amplifies the signals and sends them to a control room where data are analyzed. The antenna hangs from a 900-ton platform (3) suspended 450 feet above the dish by 18 cables connected to three concrete towers. Twenty-six electric motors (4) aim the telescope and adjust its...Read Full Story

The Arecibo radio telescope was used to take this delay-Doppler image of potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 on April 22, 2010, during a close approach to Earth. At the time, the asteroid was more than two million kilometres from Earth. (Credit: Cornell University) An asteroid on the list of potentially dangerous space rocks that could endanger the Earth was caught on camera as it zoomed past our planet this month, and found to be larger than astronomers originally thought.  The asteroid...Read Full Story

Some cool Pulsar telescope images: CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Image by amandabhslater The Parkes Observatory is a radio telescope observatory, 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of several radio antennas used to receive images of the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. CSIRO Parkes radio telescope is the largest and oldest of the eight antennas comprising the ‘Australian Telescope National Facility’. The Compact Array of six 22-metre dishes...Read Full Story

The SETI@Home project is not only the longest running search for radio signals from alien civilizations, but it also boasts the largest community of dedicated users of any Internet computing project. The premise is simple; instead of backlogging all the information gathered in the search for extraterrestrial life and hoping to get to it one day, distribute it out across the internet to hundreds of thousands of willing computer users. That is the basic idea behind SETI@Home, which consists of...Read Full Story