Episode: Arecibo telescope's global users converge on nation's capital to plan threatened observatory's scientific future



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Arecibo telescope's global users converge on nation's capital to plan threatened observatory's scientific future
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 70 astronomers gathered on Capitol Hill this week, not to talk about the demise of a major national research facility, but to plan for its scientific future. With optimism, the group was planning the next 15 years of research for Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, the home of the world's largest radio telescope. radar image