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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.
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The University of Manchester to receive and study sample of asteroid Bennu as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission
24 Sep 2023
The University of Manchester is to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our Solar System.
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Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way-like galaxies in early Universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories
22 Sep 2023
According to new research published today, galaxies from the early Universe are more like our own Milky Way than previously thought, flipping the ...
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When the stars align: Astronomers find answers to mysterious action of ghost stars in our Galaxy
13 Jul 2023
A collaboration of scientists from The University of Manchester and the University of Hong Kong have found a source for the mysterious alignment of ...
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Astronomers find first evidence for new class of gravitational waves which could unveil origin of the Universe
29 Jun 2023
After 25 years of observations, an international team of astronomers has seen the first evidence of ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves.
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First radio detection of Type Ia supernova explosion captured by e-MERLIN telescope at Jodrell Bank
17 May 2023
After decades of trying, astronomers have found the origin of a Type Ia supernova explosion using radio emissions, thanks to the e-MERLIN telescope ...
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Advanced aliens could soon detect life on Earth, say scientists
2 May 2023
Aliens on nearby stars could detect Earth through radio signals leaked from the planet, new research suggests.
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Jodrell Bank's First Light Pavilion wins more UK awards
26 Apr 2023
Jodrell Bank's spectacular new First Light Pavilion and permanent exhibition gallery, which opened in June 2022, has continued to win awards since its...
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Happy 100th birthday, Sir Francis!
25 Apr 2023
On 25 April 2023, Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS, FRAS, FInstP., celebrated his 100th birthday. Sir Francis, or Graham as he is known to friends and ...
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Astronomers create AI to better communicate their stellar research
17 Apr 2023
An international team of scientists, led by a researcher at The University of Manchester, have developed a novel AI (artificial intelligence) approach...
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Astronomers measure the heartbeat of spinning stars
24 Feb 2023
An international team of scientist have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe the pulsing heartbeat of the universe as neutron stars are born ...
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The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society
13 Jan 2023
The MeerKAT team is awarded the Group Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy, the ...
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Astronomical collaboration maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field
12 Jan 2023
Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented the ...
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RADIOBLOCKS: New European consortium to develop next generation technologies for radio astronomy infrastructure
12 Dec 2022
The RADIOBLOCKS project will develop ‘common building blocks’ to enhance European scientific competitiveness.
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NASA space telescope shows stars don't die alone
8 Dec 2022
The very first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) included a wonderful view of the ‘Southern Ring’, a planetary nebula. A team of ...
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UK joins mission to search for the origins of the Universe
17 Oct 2022
The UK has joined an international astronomy mission to search the skies for cosmic origins of the universe.
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Reanalysis of Breakthrough Listen data places new constraints on powerful extragalactic technosignatures
21 Sep 2022
Independent duo targeted nearby galaxies, galaxy groups and galaxy clusters to extend SETI search to extragalactic distances.
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
22 Jul 2022
A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of gravitational waves.
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Cyborg collaboration finds 40,000 ring galaxies
15 Jul 2022
Human and machine intelligence worked together to find 40,000 ring galaxies, scientists at the National Astronomy Meeting will announce today.
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New radio astronomy survey peers through cosmic dust to investigate the Milky Way
13 Jul 2022
The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced today.
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Jodrell Bank's First Light Pavilion officially opened by UK ambassador to UNESCO
4 Jul 2022
Jodrell Bank’s ambitious £21.5m development, the First Light Pavilion was officially opened at a special event on the summer solstice, Tuesday 21 ...
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Astronomers link 64 telescopes to observe the structure of the Universe ahead of the SKAO launch
20 Jun 2022
An international team of astronomers have for the first time combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes to detect the faint signatures of neutral...
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Astronomers discover how galaxies form through mergers
15 Jun 2022
Astronomers in the UK announce today that have established how galaxies like our own Milky Way formed over 10 billion years of cosmic time through an ...
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First Light at Jodrell Bank wows first 1000 visitors
10 Jun 2022
Jodrell Bank’s newest attraction, the First Light Pavilion opened its doors to visitors for the first time last weekend, with over 1000 people ...
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Strange neutron star spinning every 76 seconds discovered in stellar graveyard
30 May 2022
An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation ...
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UK to build software brain for giant radio telescope
12 Apr 2022
More than £15million has been awarded to UK institutions, including The University of Manchester, which are delivering the crucial software ...
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NASA’s Kepler telescope delivers new planetary discovery from the grave
1 Apr 2022
A new study by an international team of astrophysicists, led by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has presented the amazing new discovery of a ...
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Opening date announced for new First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank
10 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank is set to open its highly-anticipated First Light Pavilion on 4 June 2022.
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The start of the birth of planets in a binary star system observed
10 Mar 2022
Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail.
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Colossal black holes locked in cosmic dance at heart of galaxy
23 Feb 2022
Astronomers find evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date.
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Challenging Einstein’s greatest theory with extreme stars
13 Dec 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
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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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