The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | Editorial
The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenThe Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAOpinionScience policyThe Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics EditorialFunders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public.
- ▪The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
- ▪Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenThe Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
- ▪Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAOpinionScience policyThe Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics EditorialFunders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public.
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The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenThe Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAOpinionScience policyThe Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics EditorialFunders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plansFri 31 Jul 2026 12.32 EDTLast modified on Fri 31 Jul 2026 12.33 EDTShareThe iconic Lovell telescope, housed at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, has always expanded our view of the universe – from tracking the Sputnik launch in 1957 to its current contributions to the study of dark matter.
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