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Ingenious cast Jodrell Bank dragon hunt will be Christmas cracker
22nd December 2009: It's proved Einstein's theory of relativity, tracked the launch of Sputnik and probed the origins of the Universe - now the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank is being used to find dragons.
Chromoscope Chromoscope
3rd December 2009: Astronomers from The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics and Cardiff University today revealed a new way for members of the public to explore the galaxy.
Bug Nebula Newly discovered star one of the hottest in Galaxy
2nd December 2009: Jodrell astronomers have discovered one of the hottest stars in the Galaxy hidden at the heart of the Bug Nebula - with a surface temperature of around 200,000 degrees it is 35 times hotter than the Sun.
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