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Arecibo telescope might have failed because of weak sockets
Wednesday November 6, 2024. 07:40 PM , from TheRegister
Electromagnetic radiation contributed to that zincing feeling: analysts
The collapse of the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory in 2020 is being attributed to zinc creep – slow deformation due to stress – in the telescope's cable spelter sockets, according to a committee report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.…
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