Our five minutes (and more) of fame…
TV programmes Jodrell Bank often features in factual TV programmes. In addition to hosting the popular BBC2 series of Stargazing Live, it has also featured recently in programmes such as Jim...
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When was the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank first switched on
The Mark I Telescope at Jodrell Bank (now the Lovell Telescope) as it looked after completion in 1957. 11th October I’ve seen a few tweets today stating something along the lines of “On this day,...
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Unprecedented view of the birth of planets
This incredible image released today by the ALMA Observatory, is our best ever view of the formation of planets. I think it deserves to sit alongside images like the Hubble Deep Field and the Cosmic...
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Science meets fiction
Comma Press had published a series of ‘real’ science fiction anthologies, and I’ve been lucky enough to contribute to all of them so far. The editor at Comma Press, Ra Page, did a physics and...
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The Garner Lectures – Exploring Science and Culture
At Jodrell Bank, the boundary between Science and Culture barely exists. In fact, it’s hard to find someone who works here who recognises the two as separate areas. Since the Lovell Telescope...
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Safely observing the partial solar eclipse
On Friday 20th March, the UK will be witness to a rare and beautiful astronomical event – a solar eclipse. Starting at around 8.30am (the exact times vary by a few minutes around the country) the...
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‘House by Jodrell’, a poem by Alan Garner
Tomorrow evening we will open our new Star Pavilion with the inauguration of the Garner Lectures – a programme that will explore the ways that science interacts with culture. The inaugural Lecture...
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Dark Matter
A group of us at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics are members of a large international collaboration called the Dark Energy Survey (DES). The goal of DES is to study the unexplained...
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Jodrell Bank secures major Heritage Lottery Fund support
Jodrell Bank Observatory has received Heritage Lottery Fund support* for a £12,147,200 bid for the ‘First Light’ project, it was announced today. The project aims to conserve and restore the heritage...
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Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre project wins funding to engage audiences with...
We are delighted to have won funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering, under their Ingenious Awards programme to engage audiences with the engineering of the Square Kilometre Array. The Square...
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Girls Night Out – Engineering the SKA
Today (23:06:15) is National Women in Engineering Day – a good day on which to write about our most recent ‘Girls Night Out’ at Jodrell Bank – which focused on the engineering of the Square Kilometre...
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Once in a Blue Moon
31 July 2015 is a special day. There will be a full Moon, which in itself is not unusual. But it will be the second full Moon this July, and this is rare. The second full Moon in a single calendar...
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Destination Space
Backed by the UK Space Agency, science centres across the UK have joined forces with the European Space Agency’s first British astronaut, Tim Peake, to provide children all over the UK with a unique...
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Cheshire Orchard Project
Our orchard is laden with fruit for the first time in a few years after some restorative pruning, feeding and pollination from our honeybees. The apple trees were planted as part of the Cheshire...
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‘First Light at Jodrell Bank’ – our HLF project
In April this year, we were delighted to hear that we were awarded support from the Heritage Lottery Fund for our ‘First Light at Jodrell Bank’ project. This is a major step forward for us in our work...
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Destination Space Needs You: Astronaut Tim Peake calls on UK to join his crew
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre is proud to announce that it is part of the exciting new Destination Space programme. Backed by the UK Space Agency, science centres across the UK have joined forces...
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Safely observing the partial solar eclipse
On Friday 20th March, the UK will be witness to a rare and beautiful astronomical event – a solar eclipse. Starting at around 8.30am (the exact times vary by a few minutes around the country) the...
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Sputnik and Public Service Broadcasting
On 11th /12th October 1957, the Lovell Telescope made its first scientific act – tracking the carrier rocket that launched Sputnik 1 into space – the dawn of the space age. On 11th October 2015, we...
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Bespoke Jodrell Bank Jewellery and Anniversary Calendar
Browse our new 70th Anniversary gift ranges including bespoke jewellery and our first ever calendar – available exclusively at our new on line shop. To celebrate 70 years since Sir Bernard Lovell...
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Jodrell Bank celebrates 70th birthday
Photograph taken by Bernard Lovell on his first day at Jodrell Bank in December 1945. Image credit: The University of Manchester. A year of celebration will start this week as the world-famous Jodrell...
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