radio astronomy Articles
Jodrell Bank observes neutron star collision
Manchester astronomers at Jodrell Bank have been part of an international collaboration that have observed a rare and violent stellar event
Radio bursts from deep space puzzle astronomers
Astronomers have been left stumped by radio bursts found by a new Canadian radio telescope, which have only ever been observed once before
Scientist imprisoned during Apartheid gives Fanaroff Lecture
This year’s main speaker at the inaugural Fanaroff Lecture was Dr Rob Adam, the Project Director of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) in South Africa and former anti-Apartheid activist.
Jodrell Bank telescope to receive £4m from the budget
The government are to give the University of Manchester site funding, allowing important expansion project to move forward
University of Manchester-owned radio telescope given Grade I listed status
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Lovell Telescope’s ‘first light’ — the point at which the famous radio telescope was first used to collect radio signals from the far reaches of the universe — at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. To mark the anniversary, six structures at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics […]