Tag: Puerto Rico

FCC Funding Aims To Guarantee 100 Mbps Internet Throughout Puerto Rico

On Monday, the FCC’s Wireless Competition Board announced that newly allocated financing part of Stage Two of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico fund will ensure that every location across Puerto Rico will have access to broadband internet with download speeds of at least 100 Mbps, with one-third of the territory getting 1 Gbps internet. From a report: The milestone will come…

Astronomers measure a change in orbit for infamous asteroid Apophis

Astronomers in Hawaii have detected the Yarkovsky effect – a minuscule push imparted by sunlight – for asteroid Apophis. The effect is particularly important for Apophis, because it relates to the possibility of an Earth impact in 2068. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-99942-apophis-encounters-2029-2036-2068…

Loon Sets Stratospheric Sustained Flight Record With 312-Day Balloon Trip

Alphabet’s Loon, the company focused on creating new networking capabilities using stratosphere-based infrastructure, has set a new world record for a continuous stratospheric flight. One of Loon’s ultra high-altitude balloons flew for 312 days straight, beating the existing record of 223 days by a considerable margin, and nearly racking up a full year of sustained time aloft. From a report: The…

Alien-hunting telescope suffered ‘no damage to electronics’ during mysterious midnight disaster

Mysterious midnight disaster spared critical electronics in iconic alien-hunting telescope called the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Source: https://www.livescience.com/alien-hunting-telescope-suffered-no-damage-to-electronics-during-mysterious-midnight-disaster.html

Hurricane Hanna shrinks Gulf of Mexico dead zone

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone was much smaller than usual this year because Hurricane Hanna stirred up the area of low-oxygen water. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-hanna-shrinks-2020-gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone…

Famous alien-hunting telescope slashed to pieces in mysterious midnight accident

Puerto Rico’s famous alien-hunting telescope called the Arecibo Observatory took massive damage after a cable snapped in the dead of night. Source: https://www.livescience.com/arecibo-observatory-massive-damage.html

Snapped cable slashes a devastating hole in Arecibo radio telescope

As Tropical Storm Isaias hit Puerto Rico, a thick cable snapped at Arecibo Observatory – one of the biggest radio telescopes in the world – and crashed through the dish Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251796-snapped-cable-slashes-a-devastating-hole-in-arecibo-radio-telescope/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Favorite photos from 2020’s Perseid meteor shower

Have you caught any Perseid meteors? If so, share your photos with us! If your skies have been cloudy, enjoy these great meteor photos from EarthSky friends around the world. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-2020s-perseid-meteor-shower…

Arecibo Observatory Featured in James Bond Film ‘Goldeneye’ Shut Down

A number of Slashdot readers, including mknewman and MountainLogic have shared this report: The famous observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, featured in the James Bond movie “GoldenEye,” has been forced to temporarily close after a broken cable smashed through the side of its massive dish. Around 2:45 a.m. Monday, a three-inch auxiliary cable that helped support a metal platform broke, according…