The National Science Foundation announced on Nov. 19,2020 that they will decommission the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Damage to the observatory was deemed to dangerous to repair. [Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost](https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-radio-telescope-to-be-destroyed)

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