University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ - Archive Jodrell-Bank
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2026
30
January
2026
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08:00
Europe/London
Professor Philippa Browning, The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµâ€™s first female physics academic, is retiring this week after more than 40 years of research, teaching and service at the University.
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28
January
2026
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16:00
Europe/London
Astronomers at The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ have played a leading role in the discovery of a new cosmic object that is much larger than anything astronomers have seen before in the distant universe.
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16
January
2026
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00:01
Europe/London
A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team of astronomers.
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2025
17
December
2025
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13:03
Europe/London
The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ is a partner in a major new European Commission initiative designed to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence across scientific research.
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16
December
2025
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10:00
Europe/London
Astronomers have captured the most detailed images ever taken of a jet launched by a young star, confirming a theoretical model that has remained untested for three decades.
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09
December
2025
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13:38
Europe/London
A University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ astronomer is set to build the most detailed and accurate model of the radio sky ever built, offering new insights into the first stars, galaxies, and possibly new physics.
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27
August
2025
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09:49
Europe/London
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed extraordinary new details in the heart of the famous Butterfly Nebula, one of the most striking planetary nebulae in our galaxy.
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22
August
2025
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15:49
Europe/London
New analyses of the samples taken from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx have revealed new insights into its origin – and The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµâ€™s scientists have played a key role.
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20
August
2025
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09:00
Europe/London
For the first time, scientists have directly tracked the slow transformation of a dying star over more than a century - revealing it is heating up faster than any other typical star ever observed.
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27
June
2025
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07:59
Europe/London
Students from The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµâ€™s Physics Society have constructed a remarkable 30,500-piece Lego model of the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank, commemorating the observatory’s 80th anniversary.
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25
June
2025
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13:04
Europe/London
We are sad to report that one of the founders of the science of radio astronomy, Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS, FRAS, FInstP, has passed away at the age of 102.
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24
June
2025
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15:43
Europe/London
Astronomers have revealed the first images from “the most ambitious astronomical survey to date†– a mission that will transform our understanding of the Universe.
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19
March
2025
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11:00
Europe/London
Scientists have released a new set of data from the Euclid space telescope, offering an unprecedented view of the large-scale structure of the cosmos.
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17
March
2025
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16:24
Europe/London
The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
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11
February
2025
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16:14
Europe/London
A new atmospheric monitoring station has been established at The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµâ€™s Jodrell Bank Observatory to improve the accuracy of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions estimates.
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29
January
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new findings about the origins of life and the early days of our solar system.
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14
January
2025
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19:15
Europe/London
An international team of scientists has produced the clearest three-dimensional view yet of the Ring Nebula — one of the night sky’s most iconic celestial objects.
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2024
03
October
2024
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14:01
Europe/London
The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ will play a key role in a new European collaboration, which aims to boost accessibility and coordination of leading astroparticle and astronomy research infrastructures.
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27
June
2024
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08:46
Europe/London
A massive balloon, designed to measure the background radiation left over from the â€کBig Bang’ and help scientists better understand the infancy and evolution of our Universe, has just moved to the next stage of development.
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05
June
2024
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10:00
Europe/London
Scientists have detected what they believe to be a neutron star spinning at an unprecedentedly slow rate —slower than any of the more than 3,000 radio emitting neutron stars measured to date.
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23
May
2024
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11:00
Europe/London
Scientists have released the first set of scientific data captured with the Euclid telescope, showing an exciting glimpse of the Universe’s distant past.
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17
May
2024
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11:54
Europe/London
Professor Michael Garrett, Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his “invaluable contributions to scienceâ€.
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11
April
2024
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12:27
Europe/London
Three leading departmental researchers are being awarded highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) advanced grants.
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08
April
2024
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10:00
Europe/London
An international team of astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the unprecedented behaviour of a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field.
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29
February
2024
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10:00
Europe/London
Researchers have found water vapour in the disc around a young star exactly where planets may be forming.
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14
February
2024
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11:58
Europe/London
The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµâ€™s policy engagement, Policy@ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ, has hosted a visit to Jodrell Bank Observatory for a leading Parliamentarian with a special interest in its work.
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18
January
2024
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19:00
Europe/London
An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and yet simultaneously lighter than the lightest black holes known.
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2023
30
December
2023
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11:03
Europe/London
Three University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ Professors are among those recognised in the King's 2024 New Year Honours List.
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05
October
2023
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12:29
Europe/London
The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.
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24
September
2023
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11:00
Europe/London
The University of ٍٍٍ½خرتسئµ is to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our Solar System.
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