Post #4180871
2026-07-27 16:53 UTC
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic #JodrellBank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/mass-cuts-and-potential-jodrell-closure-devastating-astronomy - other casualties in the long list of funding cuts include UK withdrawal from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) located in Hawaii, 20 per cent cuts for the UK's Square Kilometre Array Regional Centre and activities at the Vera Rubin Telescope in Chile, while the BISON solar observing network will suffer cuts of 40 per cent; see also https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/jodrell-bank-observatory-facing-closure-uk and https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6r9rdxygo
Replies (3)
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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz 2026-07-29 02:15
The #JodrellBank radio dish is a British icon ... since seven decades: https://www.britishpathe.com/lightbox/?st=1cc4c6302b117bd07855e9decc15fb253ed43abf&target=same has 12 British Pathé clips from the 1950s and 1960s.
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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-07-27 18:01
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz Unbelievable and unnecessary stupidity.
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@franciswashere@mastodon.social 2026-07-27 18:33
#astronomy #JodrellBank #Observatory