Jodrell Bank Observatory
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Nov 6, 2026
Celestial nuisance
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When we look at the stated science goals of these projects, consistent themes emerge.
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For example, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory at Jodrell Bank in the UK is a massive radio array that will define the field of radio astronomy for the foreseeable future.
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Its website contains a list of science goals.
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On that list, the early universe, gravitational waves, dark energy, and cosmology are all listed before stars, the interstellar medium, and the origins of life.
The Moon Landing: Why Millions Believe It Was Fake
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20:17Harini BhatHOST
independently confirmed disturbed soil at the Apollo 15 site.
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20:21Harini BhatHOST
And the missions were tracked in real time by independent observers, including the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope in England, which followed Eagle all the way down to the surface.
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20:32Harini BhatHOST
Okay, so what about the famous gotchas? Let's speedrun them because each one has a real answer.
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20:38Harini BhatHOST
The flag waving with no air, it's not waving.
November 2026: Explosive Stars, Less Explosive Planets
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25:10Jane GreavesGUEST
LAUGHTER But what I've been mostly doing lately is looking at where planets come from.
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25:16Jane GreavesGUEST
And so it's been really exciting to actually use the telescope at Jodrell Bank, the E Merlin network in the UK.
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25:22Jane GreavesGUEST
And we're looking at particles orbiting young stars, which emit radio waves.
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25:28Jane GreavesGUEST
And we're looking to see what that tells us about essentially how you bang the rocks together to make planets.
36 MINS LATER
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61:53Rashi SrivastavaHOST
Now, Jotcast is turning 20.
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61:55Rashi SrivastavaHOST
Yes, 20 years of astronomy later, we are still going on.
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61:59Rashi SrivastavaHOST
We are celebrating our 20th anniversary at the Jodrell Bank this month.
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62:03Rashi SrivastavaHOST
For tickets and more details, check out the Jodrell Bank website and keep an eye on our social media accounts at the rate official Jotcast.
Ghostwatch
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53:55Geoff OwenGUEST
Simon Mayo, I think, was involved in it as well.
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53:58Geoff OwenGUEST
And it was all about listening to messages coming in from Jodrell Bank.
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54:02Colin Jackson-BrownHOST
Right.
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54:04Geoff OwenGUEST
Yeah, and for the first sort of 15, 20 minutes, it's treated as a BBC Radio 1 news broadcast.
Starship May Be Recovered? Starliner Might Fly Again? Deep Space Updates July 29th
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25:37Scott ManleyHOST
In the UK, on the other hand, they're wanting to save money.
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25:42Scott ManleyHOST
And they're going to shut down Jodrell Bank.
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25:44Scott ManleyHOST
Jodrell Bank was founded in 1945.
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25:48Scott ManleyHOST
It was the world's largest radio telescope for a long time.
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25:52Scott ManleyHOST
But now they're shutting down the funding.
2026.10.21 | Japan's Martian Moons eXploration mission is on its way to Mars
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But the report from Moscow gives little more information.
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The announcement from Moscow confirms an earlier report from Jodrell Bank in England that Luna 12 went into orbit shortly before 9 o'clock this morning.
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It adds that signals from the satellite are being processed.
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The moon today, but there is still no word from official quarters on the exact nature of its mission.
Chester Travel Guide: What to Know Before You Visit
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5:31Briony WilsonGUEST
If you're here for a little while, there's real bucket list items that I would recommend doing.
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5:35Briony WilsonGUEST
Visit Jodrell Bank.
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It's a UNESCO World Heritage site that many don't know about it.
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It's a working observatory with the Lovell Telescope.
The Ken Hudnall Show - The Advanced Weapons f the German Space Program.
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26:15Ken HudnallHOST
The Wurzburg array was supplemented by various radio and television antennas, which allowed the base to monitor transmissions from Earth.
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26:24Ken HudnallHOST
Ongoing radio traffic from the Wahalla base was first detected by Britain's Jodrell Bank Observatory in the early 1949.
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26:35Ken HudnallHOST
First radio intercepts were handed off to the Government Code and Cipher School at RAF Eastcote in West London, which found they were internal base communications were not its first suspected messages to surviving Nazis located on the earth.
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The watching brief passed to a joint project run by GCHQ from its Cheltenham headquarters, which assisted with assistance from MI5 and the Ministry of Defense.
1970s WKBW Boston Radio Halloween Special 🎃
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A report from Grand Island says that the National Guard regular army u.s air force police and sheriff's deputies numbering in the vicinity of about a thousand men have almost been totally destroyed by a single fighting machine from what is believed to be a planet mars there are approximately 20 survivors 20 the rest remain trampled by this huge metal feet of this martian fighting machine or cindered by the heat ray and at last report we understand that the charred body of jim fagan has also was discovered on the island.
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57:46Jeff KayeHOST
Another report in that further explosions are now being witnessed by the Jodrell Bank Observatory in England on the planet Mars.
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57:54Jeff KayeHOST
We understand that Jamestown, Lewiston, Lockport, all of the towns surrounding the Niagara County area in Erie County around Grand Island are all being evacuated at this moment.
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58:05Jeff KayeHOST
We've lost communications with Don.
Breakfast With Beau | Monday 26th October 2026
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36:48HarryUNKNOWN
The eye paper.
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36:49HarryUNKNOWN
We're going to try and save Jodrell Bank.
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36:53BeauHOST
I'm not being sarcastic.
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36:54BeauHOST
Sometimes I say stuff and it sounds sarcastic.
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36:56BeauHOST
I'm not being sarcastic in this instance.
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36:58BeauHOST
We're trying to save Jodrell Bank, the great telescope in Britain, which the government have pooled any funding for.
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And Brian Cox, Brian Cox, is going to get involved.
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Leading scientists, including Brian Cox, hope star power, their celebrity power, can convince PM to save observatory Jodrell Bank.
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