Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell radio telescope. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJodrell Bank Observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell radio telescope. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianThe letter argues that to close down the home of e-Merlin would be to poke out “some of the world’s clearest eyes on the sky”.
- ▪Jodrell Bank Observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell radio telescope.
- ▪Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJodrell Bank Observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell radio telescope.
- ▪Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianThe letter argues that to close down the home of e-Merlin would be to poke out “some of the world’s clearest eyes on the sky”.
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Jodrell Bank Observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell radio telescope. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJodrell Bank Observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell radio telescope. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianAstronomyArtists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank ObservatoryNew Order and Simon Armitage among more than 100 signatories to criticise ‘foolish and shortsighted’ cutsGeneva AbdulSun 2 Aug 2026 19.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleMore than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest eyes on the sky”, after funding for thenetwork of radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank Observatory was slashed.New Order, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield…
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