We invite proposals for the use of the Arecibo 305-m telescope for the Thursday, March 1, 2018 (17:00 AST, 21:00 UTC) , deadline. These requests should be for telescope usage within the six-month (or in some cases one-year) period beginning July 1, 2018. Read More

Using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, a team from Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and other institutions today announced today at the American Astronomical Society’s winterAAS meeting that mysterious bursts of radio emission, called Fast Radio Bursts (FRB), may be coming from near a giant black hole. Read More

Ubicado entre las montañas del norte de Puerto Rico, se encuentra el radar más poderoso del mundo. Científicos de diferentes partes del Planeta, utilizan el reflector de 305 metros, para recoger ondas de radio de regiones de formación de estrellas, planetas, galaxias distantes y la atmósfera. Visita el Observatorio de Arecibo y vive una noche mágica. Será un evento para toda la familia, donde habrá conferencias, estaciones educativas y observaciones de objetos astronómicos a través de los telescopios de la Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe. Leer Más

NASA-funded Arecibo Planetary Radar system was tested for the first time since hurricane Maria with a successful detection of near-Earth asteroid 2007 AG. This object at its closest approach to Earth will be some 0.059 AU and is estimated to be 300 meters in diameter