Giant radio-telescope collapson at Puerto Rico 120m

The receiving platform of the 900-ton telescope has dropped above the reflection of more than 120m.

The National National Science Foundation earlier announced that the Arecibo Observatory would be closed, reports The Guardian, records Periscope.

Kolapsy has shocked many scientists who have relied on the work of what so far was the world's largest radio telescope.

It's a big loss,” said Carmen Pantto, astronomers and professors at the University of Puerto Rico. /Periscope