Exclusive: Background noise created by development near Cheshire observatory could harm attempt to observe gravity waves predicted by Einstein One of Britain’s most ambitious astronomy projects is ...

The First Light Exhibition at Jodrell Bank Observatory narrates the history of radio astronomy and its impact on exploring the universe. Here, innovative experiential technology brings 50 years of ...

An application to build 120 homes in open countryside has been given the go-ahead amid worries the scheme could adversely affect the Jodrell Bank observatory. Cheshire East Council approved the ...

The first word about the latest Russian space feat came, as usual, not from a Moscow spokesman but from a greying British scientist. Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell, 52, who used the University of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Sir Bernard Lovell on how his Jodrell Bank telescope was used to spy behind the Iron Curtain. Learn more about the sky at night with the help of the experts at Jodrell Bank Half a century of listening ...

The iconic radiotelescope at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, a symbol of scientific progress in the UK since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, has been spared from closure, it emerged on ...

A year of celebration will start this week as the world-famous Jodrell Bank Observatory celebrates its 70 th birthday. Among the events to mark the anniversary are lectures, school events and a ...

The Jodrell Bank Observatory, part of the University of Manchester and home of the massive Lovell Telescope and numerous others, has received UNESCO World Heritage Site status, the BBC reported on ...

Jodrell Bank Observatory is aiming to join the Taj Mahal and Stonehenge on the international heritage stage. The University of Manchester’s site in Cheshire has been selected as the next UK candidate ...

Inside Out celebrates 50 years of listening to outer space with the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. We also meet Sir Patrick Moore and ask if there's life on Mars. Read the answers to the web chat ...

Government puts forward earliest surviving radio astronomy observatory for 2019 honour The giant telescopes of Jodrell Bank, and the scruffy buildings surrounding them in which discoveries were made ...