UK's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts - BBC
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Britain's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope is facing the axe, as job cut fears have been raised amid latest cuts to science funding.UK Research and Innovation has cut the £2.8million annual budget for Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.
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As a result, all scientific observations are set to end on April 1 2028 unless new sources of money can be secured.The agency, which controls a yearly budget of nearly £10billion, said escalating costs for physics research and laboratory operations forced the decision.UKRI said it needed to concentrate resources on work delivering "the greatest long-term impact".The observatory has been home to the country's largest telescope for close to seven decades.Now, scientists have called the move "heartbreaking" and "scientifically misguided", warning it will be a devastating blow to British astronomy.Founded in 1945, the Cheshire site was a trailblazer in radio astronomy and the exploration of galaxies far beyond the Milky Way.
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