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Giant telescope's own powerful radiation may have contributed to collapse

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The Arecibo Observatory's 1,000-foot -wide telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed in 2020 .

The National Academies of Sciences , Engineering, and Medicine committee says electromagnetic radiation from the telescope may have sped up the structural damage.

A new report criticizes other investigations for not including several previously observed failure patterns at the site.