Climbing the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank
We don our hard hats to climb Jodrell Bank’s incredible Lovell Telescope and meet the remarkable people who work there – keeping it safe 24/7.
Jodrell Bank
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Guest post: Binary star breakthrough – revealing planet formation around twin stars
Discover how Manchester researchers, led by Ana Karla Díaz-Rodríguez, have investigated planet formation from gas and dust in the binary star system SVS 13.
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The SKA’s the limit: Green light for world’s largest radio telescope network
Professor Michael Garrett explains the key role Jodrell Bank will play as construction gets underway on a truly stellar project: the exciting Square Kilometre Array Observatory.
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The Buzz S2, E1: Do aliens exist?
The second season of The Buzz podcast begins with astrophysicist Dr Eamonn Kerins, who helps us answer one of life’s biggest questions: Do aliens exist?
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The Buzz S1, E2 (Part 1): Women in Science
In this episode of The Buzz, we celebrate The University of Manchester’s own women of science – both past and present. We speak to Prof Danielle George and Dr Andrea Murray, and we chat about some of Manchester’s iconic women of science.
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MACE at Bluedot – an outreach odyssey
Bluedot Festival at Jodrell Bank is an increasingly popular event on the North-West’s cultural calendar. This year MACE expanded its presence at the science and music extravaganza…
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The name behind the telescope: Sir Bernard Lovell
The Lovell Telescope is an iconic structure and the jewel in the crown of Jodrell Bank. Read all about the man after which it is named: Sir Bernard Lovell.
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You can’t fool a scientist… or can you?
This April Fools’ Day, we’ve got a little challenge for you. Take a look at our five stories from across the Faculty of Science and Engineering and see if you can work out the fiction lurking between the facts.
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BREAKING NEWS: Robots and dinosaurs let loose in Trafford Centre
For the fourth year running, The University of Manchester (and a couple of robots) descended on the Trafford Centre to get kids talking about science and engineering at ScienceX.
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When Doctor Who came to Jodrell (and UoM’s other sci-fi hits)
Did you know that without mathematicians, the entire Universe would crumble and decay into nothing? At least, that’s according to a classic episode of Doctor Who (our School of Mathematics colleagues are good, but even they’re not holding-together-the-very-fabric-of-the-Universe good). Logopolis is the final instalment in the adventures of the Fourth Doctor, played by the legendary…