Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics comprises research activities in astronomy and astrophysics at The University of Manchester, the world leading facilities of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility, the Development Office of the Square Kilometre Array, and the Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre.

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AOS Interferometer. CREDIT: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alvaro Quintana and Jose Olivares (ALMA)

First fringes with ALMA

A team of astronomers and engineers at the Atacama Large Millimeter Array have made the first observations linking radio signals from two telescopes in the array.

Simulated fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background as will be seen by the Planck spacecraft

Cosmology

At Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics we study fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, allowing us to probe the Universe at early times and make deductions about fundamental processes in cosmology.

Christmas at Jodrell Bank

Christmas at Jodrell Bank

1st-23rd December

Enjoy a visit to Jodrell Bank, experience the unique Lovell Radio Telescope, wander around the Arboretum and take a Journey to Mars in the 3D Theatre. Sit down to a wonderful home cooked two or three course Christmas lunch.

The expanding shell around V445 Puppis (CREDIT: ESO/P.A. Woudt)

Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope astronomers have made the first time-lapse movie of a rather unusual shell ejected by a "vampire star".

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