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Lovell telescope
Coverage of Lovell telescope in the Nexus archive.
- World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain
Jodrell Bank faces a funding crisis that could result in a physics brain drain, threatening UK science and national growth. The site, where radio astronomy began in 1945 with Bernard Lovell's discovery of radio reflections from shooting stars, is now at risk as its historic Lovell telescope remains critical to scientific research.