Funding Fears for Jodrell Bank and when Solar and Lunar Eclipses Will Happen

Funding fears for Jodrell Bank and when solar and lunar eclipses will happen

As a new month begins, the countdown to the partial solar eclipse on August 12 gathers momentum. However, just over the border to the east of North…

UK artist Conrad Shawcross sounds alarm on Jodrell Bank Observatory funding cuts

The Unesco World Heritage site, located in northwest England, is home to the UK's largest telescope

Family of Sir Bernard Lovell speak out to condemn funding cuts to Jodrell Bank

EXCLUSIVE: 'No one, but no one thinks that this is a good idea'

Recent UKRI/STFC Statement on e-MERLIN Funding

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) have announced that operational funding for the e-MERLIN radio interferometer will not be renewed beyond March 2028. In response, the University of Manchester, which operates e-MERLIN from the Jodrell Bank Observatory, reaffirmed its commitment to working with partners to explore options for securing the future of both e-MERLIN and the Lovell Telescope. As…

FAD NEWS: Conrad Shawcross unveils monumental new sculpture for Cambridge life sciences campus

Conrad Shawcross has unveiled Glance of the Sun (Time Pebble C40AS2), a monumental new public sculpture commissioned for Breakthrough Properties' Vitrum life sciences campus in Cambridge.

Jodrell Bank Faces Axe Amid UK Research Funding Reductions

Cuts to UK Research and Innovation threaten the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, prompting the Institute of Physics to call it a “terrible blow” to UK science.