Jodrell Bank Observatory loses UK funding

[trynda1701]

Report saying that the observatory has lost funding, and scientific observations could cease at the start of April 2028 if alternative funding can't be found.

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

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.

www.bbc.co.uk

Being an astronomy nerd, this is bad news.

 

[John Clark]

Not liking that news. I've never actually been to it, but gone past many times over the years.

 

[Santaman]

That is indeed not good news...

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Sad day for everyone involved. That place was truly historical

 

[publiusr]

The UK is turning against space... meanwhile China advances.