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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

• Scientists take a significant step forward in detecting Nanohertz Gravitational-wave background

  27 Oct 2021

  An international research team has today published a detailed analysis of a candidate signal for the since-long sought gravitational wave background ...

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• Astronomers solve 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding Chinese supernova of 1181AD

  15 Sep 2021

  A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to ...

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• FSE duo among Future Leaders Fellowship recipients

  9 Sep 2021

  Drs Laura Wolz and Margherita Polacci will receive help to commercialise their innovations.

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• Bluedot returns to Jodrell Bank with headliner Björk

  1 Sep 2021

  After a two year hiatus, the much-loved bluedot festival is set to return to Jodrell Bank on 21-24 July 2022 and the team have today announced an ...

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• John Ponsonby

  20 Jul 2021

  It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of John Ponsonby.

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• Kepler telescope glimpses a free-floating planet population

  6 Jul 2021

  Tantalising evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of ‘free-floating’ planets which may be alone in deep space, unbound to any ...

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• Jodrell Bank hosts TV banquet special

  14 May 2021

  The culminating episode of The Great British Menu takes place at Jodrell Bank and is set to air on BBC Two at 8pm Friday 21st May.

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• Radio astronomers discover 8 new millisecond pulsars

  28 Apr 2021

  Using the sensitivity of one of the SKA precursor telescopes, a group of radio astronomers explored the central regions of some globular clusters in ...

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• Launch of Europe’s largest astronomy network

  23 Mar 2021

  Two astronomy networks are coming together to form Europe’s largest ground-based astronomy collaborative network: the ORP.

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• True identity of mysterious gamma-ray source revealed

  3 Feb 2021

  An international research team including members from The University of Manchester has shown that a rapidly rotating neutron star is at the core of a ...

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• Could game theory help discover intelligent alien life?

  28 Jan 2021

  New research from The University of Manchester suggests using a strategy linked to cooperative game playing known as ‘game theory’ in order to ...

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• A 4G network on the Moon is bad news for radio astronomy

  3 Nov 2020

  If Jodrell Bank could pick up interference from a phone signal on Mars, how would it fare with an entire 4G network on the Moon?

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• Mystery of unusual neutron star system revealed after 20 years, thanks to thousands of volunteers

  22 Oct 2020

  After more than two decades, an international research team has identified a galactic mystery source of gamma rays: a heavy neutron star with a very ...

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• Hints of life on Venus

  14 Sep 2020

  An international team of astronomers including UK scientists from Manchester and Cardiff, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule – ...

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• Manchester experts’ breakthrough helps narrow the search for intelligent life in the Milky Way

  2 Sep 2020

  An analytical breakthrough that could significantly improve our chances of finding extra-terrestrial life in our galaxy has been discovered by a team ...

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• Earth’s nearest supergiant is cooling down at the end of its life

  29 Jun 2020

  In late 2019 the red supergiant closest to Earth, Betelgeuse, began to rapidly fade in brightness. Initially thought to be a sign that the star was ...

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• Astrophysicists confirm cornerstone of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

  10 Jun 2020

  An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of...

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• Jodrell Bank leads international effort which reveals 157 day cycle in unusual cosmic radio bursts

  8 Jun 2020

  An investigation into one of the current great mysteries of astronomy has come to the fore thanks to a four-year observing campaign conducted at the ...

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• ‘Sleeping giant’ Jodrell Bank reawakening after historic lockdown to again reveal more about the great mysteries of the cosmos

  4 Jun 2020

  The iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory at The University of Manchester is taking its first major steps to resume operations after lockdown as part of ...

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• Professor Brian Cox launches The University of Manchester’s ‘Lockdown Lectures’ series

  15 May 2020

  Join some of the nation’s foremost scientists, thinkers, historians and social commentators for the University's Lockdown Lectures. . .starting with...

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• First Stephen Hawking Fellowships awarded to two Manchester scientists

  6 Mar 2020

  The first nine Stephen Hawking Fellows, announced today, will continue Professor Stephen Hawking’s legacy by furthering our understanding of the ...

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• New telescope observations shed new light on black hole ejections

  3 Mar 2020

  A black hole, ejecting material at close to the speed of light, has been observed using e-MERLIN, the UK’s radio telescope array based at Jodrell ...

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