Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics comprises research activities in astronomy and astrophysics at The University of Manchester, the world leading facilities of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility, the Development Office of the Square Kilometre Array, and the Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre.

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AOS Interferometer. CREDIT: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alvaro Quintana and Jose Olivares (ALMA)

First fringes with ALMA

A team of astronomers and engineers at the Atacama Large Millimeter Array have made the first observations linking radio signals from two telescopes in the array.

Jodrell Bank engineer Phil Clarke - Photo by Ed Swinden

Engineering

Engineers at Jodrell Bank Observatory needed more than just a jack and a brace when a steel tyre on the famous Lovell radio telescope cracked.

Jodcast projected onto the Lovell Telescope - Photo by Anthony Holloway

The Jodcast

Astronomy podcast

A twice-monthly podcast covering all aspects of astronomy including the latest news, what you can see in the current night sky, and interviews with astronomers.

Artist's impression of the SKA

Square Kilometre Array

An International radiotelescope for the 21st century

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics hosts the global headquarters of the world's next generation radio telescope, the €1.5bn Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Part of the UK showing e-MERLIN telescope locations

e-MERLIN

Operated by The University of Manchester on behalf of STFC, e-MERLIN is an array of seven radio telescopes distributed across the UK with a resolution greater than the Hubble Space Telescope.

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