What is Jodrell Bank and what does it do?
Where is Jodrell Bank?The observatory is a UNESCO World Heritage Site found between two villages in the east of rural Cheshire and spans less than one square mile. He moved equipment into the open fields there in 1945, turning the area into a University of Manchester research station. It was the largest radio telescope in the world, and unlike others at the time, it could be steered to track objects across the sky.
- ▪Where is Jodrell Bank?The observatory is a UNESCO World Heritage Site found between two villages in the east of rural Cheshire and spans less than one square mile.
- ▪He moved equipment into the open fields there in 1945, turning the area into a University of Manchester research station.
- ▪It was the largest radio telescope in the world, and unlike others at the time, it could be steered to track objects across the sky.
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What is Jodrell Bank and what does it do?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Lovell Telescope on the Jodrell Bank site was the largest in the world when it was built in 1957ByEwan GawneNorth WestPublished12 minutes agoAll scientific work carried out using the UK's largest telescope could end in the next two years.The government has decided to pull funding for the Jodrell Bank Observatory to focus investment on projects that deliver long-term impact.It has left the University of Manchester, which owns the site in Cheshire, scrambling to find alternative cash before 2028.Astronomers have described the move as "short-sighted" and a significant blow to the UK's research capabilities.
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