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Nature 444, 128 (9 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444128a; Published online 8 November 2006
Telescope is no longer dish of the day
Heidi Ledford
With a history of nurturing Nobel prizewinners and landing star roles in Hollywood films, the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has worked its way into both scientific and popular cultures. Since 1963, the telescope's 70,000-square-metre collecting area has been used for everything from characterizing pulsars to the finale of the James Bond film Goldeneye.
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