Recent cable failures cause 900 tonne suspended metal platform to fall onto the 305 m-wide telescope
Read article: Arecibo Observatory destroyed as metal platform collapses onto the iconic telescope
Chang’e-5 will attempt to bring back 2 kg of lunar material to study the evolution history of our closest neighbour
Read article: China launches sample-return mission to the Moon
Astronomers and the public lament the loss of an iconic radio telescope
Read article: Arecibo Observatory will be decommissioned, says US National Science Foundation
"Crisis" as second cable snaps supporting a metal tower platform above the telescope's main reflector dish
Read article: Second cable failure puts iconic Arecibo Observatory at risk of collapse
Masatoshi Koshiba shared the 2002 Nobel prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos
Read article: Japanese Nobel-prize-winning neutrino pioneer Masatoshi Koshiba dies aged 94
Gérard Mourou, Stefan Hell and Theodore Hänsch have warned that cuts to photonics would be disastrous for Europe's technological goals
Read article: Nobel laureates claim European Commission set to slash photonics budget by 30%
The tone of some of the criticism over the discovery sparks outrage in the community
Read article: Controversy erupts among astronomers over whether phosphine really was discovered on Venus
Optics pioneer bags award for his work on nanoscale optics and metamaterials
Read article: Nader Engheta wins Isaac Newton medal and Prize
Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak will aim to demonstrate plasma performance that could be scaled up to a fusion reactor
Read article: First plasma for upgraded UK spherical tokamak
The Betelgeuse Scope concept would use twelve off-the-shelf 10 cm-aperture telescopes to provide detailed, nightly observations of the supergiant star
Read article: Astronomers propose telescope to monitor Betelgeuse dimming
