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The open letter was signed by a number of figures who have played concerts or broadcast from the observatory, including…

More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest eyes on…

The Lovell Telescope has been overtaken in size by larger radio telescopes, but has continuously been modernised and remains key…

On a chilly day in December 1945, Bernard Lovell, a physicist at the University of Manchester, struck out for the…

Jodrell Bank Observatory, the hub of a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing closure after government funding for the…

The Jodrell Bank Observatory, which has housed the UK’s largest telescope for nearly 70 years, has lost its funding and…