UK's Largest Telescope at Risk of Being Shut Down Following Funding Being Cut
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UK's largest telescope at risk of being shut down following funding being cut
Due to funding being withdrawn, it's likely the largest telescope in the United Kingdom will soon be shut down. As per Sky News, the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire could soon be closed for good as funding for the facility will be coming to an end in March 2028. Public funding support for the telescope is no longer said to "be prioritised", as explained by UK Research and Innovation, a government-funded body who hel…
The British government has withdrawn public funding for the world-famous Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in northwest England, casting doubt on the future of the legendary instrument that has been in operation for almost seventy years.
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