Podcast: The Arecibo Observatory

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The mighty Arecibo Radio Observatory is one of the most powerful radio telescopes ever built – it's certainly the larger single aperture radio telescope on Earth, nestled into a natural sinkhole in Puerto Rico. We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the construction of the observatory with a special episode of Astronomy Cast.

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The Arecibo Observatory

" on the Astronomy Cast website, with shownotes and transcript.

And the podcast is also available as a video, as Fraser and Pamela now record Astronomy Cast as part of a Google+ Hangout: