The Legendary Arecibo Radiotelescope

All telescopes work by gathering light from the stars, but one held the crown for square footage for collecting that light for 53 years. The amazing Arecibo. Hosted By: Reid Reimers SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet, Jason A Saslow, Andy Griffith, and Heriberto Bustos! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- [Sources] http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~sstanimi/Students/daltschuler_2.pdf https://www.naic.edu/ao/telescope-description https://www.science.org/news/2021/01/how-famed-arecibo-telescope-fell-and-how-it-might-rise-again https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ASPC...75...90G/abstract https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/arecibo-observatory https://www.naic.edu/ao/ngat https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope https://www.naic.edu/~pradar/radarpage.html https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/Arecibo_Fact_Sheet_11_20.pdf IMAGES https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/looking-for-the-stars-gm825925112-134424765 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_radio_telescope_SJU_06_2019_6144.jpg https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1127/10-things-to-know-about-the-ionosphere/ https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/puerto-rico-political-map-gm470547658-62568224 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_Radiotelescopio_Panamorama_SJU_06_2019_7446.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_Observatory_Aerial.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/venus-magellan-and-arecibo-comparison https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_in_true_color.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHkMWcGat4&ab_channel=NationalScienceFoundation https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/satellite-receiver-for-tv-signal-gm988544750-268033235