Let’s Search for Alien Probes, Not Just Alien Signals – Scientific American December 22, 2020 (Suggested by Gary Agranat)
Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri – Scientific American December 18, 2020. (From Marc Slover and Bill Miller.)
Scientists think they’ve detected radio emissions from an alien world | Space.com” Looks like our Radio Jove instead of SETI. Observed with the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) in the Netherlands. (Suggested by Gary Agranat)
Arecibo’s Collapse Sends Dire Warning to Other Aging Observatories
The iconic telescope’s tragic end foreshadows future battles over the fate of various legacy facilities Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, December 11, 2020. [Suggested by Gary Agranat]
These are the asteroids to worry about – YouTube 20 min video. [Posted December 4, 2020. Recommendation by Bill Miller]
News: ‘This is not good’: The Arecibo radio telescope just suffered even more damage that will set back searches for asteroids and aliens Nov. 9, 2020. news in Astronomy. news in Sky & Telescope. (Recommendation by Bill Miller.)
[Update November 19] Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost Space.com. Legendary Arecibo telescope will close forever Nature.
[Update December 1, 2020] The Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed [Space.com].