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Colloquium   Colloquium Series Continues Oct 15, 2019
Hosted at the AO, the colloquium series invites the most prominent figures in Space and Atmospheric Sciences, Radio Astronomy and Planetary Sciences to present and discuss the latest in their fields. Dr. Scott England will be next in the series with his talk "EXPLORING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN EARTH & SPACE WITH ICON" and will be broadcasted live on 15 Oct 2019 2:00PM (AST) Read More

  • Planetary Sciences    Arecibo Observatory Gets $19 Million NASA Grant to Help Protect Earth from Asteroids
    The four-year grant will enable UCF to observe and characterize near-Earth objects that pose a potential hazard to the planet or that could be candidates for future space missions. Read More
  • A canopy of stars can be viewed above a lit up walkway to part of the observatory
    Engineering    National Science Foundation Awards Arecibo Observatory $12.3 Million Grant

    The money will be used during the next four years to make a range of repairs and improvements to the facility, which will also expand Arecibo’s capabilities to do cutting edge observations.

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  • Planetary Sciences

    Asteroid Arrives Early for Puerto Rico’s Asteroid Day Celebrations

    Today, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico hosted a celebration for Asteroid Day 2019, but one space rock made a surprise early appearance. On June 22, at around 5:25 pm local time, an explosion was detected in the atmosphere over the Caribbean just 230 miles (380 km) south of Puerto Rico. Read More

  • New Message - The Global Challenge
    Education   New Arecibo Message - The Global Challenge

    In 1974, the Arecibo Observatory made history by beaming the most powerful radio message into deep space ever made. The famous Arecibo Message was designed by the AO 74’s staff, led by Frank Drake, and with the help of the astronomer and famed science communicator Carl Sagan. It contained information about the human race and was intended to be our intergalactic calling card. Read More

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