#savejodrellbank

· 2mo ago

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ok3ms3dzop7gcwejp7lswhpi/post/3mqvr2fsv2s26 Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescop...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans (@astroroyalscot.bsky.social)

“What will the Lovell Telescope discover/enable 20 yrs from now? I can’t tell you, and that’s the point. It will either be something extraordinary that none of us can yet predict, or we will defund it and leave Cheshire with a rusting monument to unfulfilled potential and discoveries never made.” 🔭🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

LordWoolamaloo @LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

The iconic Jodrell Bank to lose funding https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6r9rdxygo This is unbelievably foolish and short-sighted by the science council. This UNESCO listed site is a pioneer in radio astronomy, a field that, thanks to it, UK based scientists have been leaders in the field, world class scientific work for seventy years. The amount saved versus harm caused is ridiculous. As one scientist notes, this is a "colosaal act of self harm" #science #astronomy #SaveJodrellBank

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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