Articles tagged with 'astronomy' | University of Manchester

After decades of trying, astronomers have found the origin of a Type Ia supernova explosion using radio emissions, thanks to the e-MERLIN telescope network.

Aliens on nearby stars could detect Earth through radio signals leaked from the planet, new research suggests.

On 25 April 2023, Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS, FRAS, FInstP., celebrated his 100th birthday. Sir Francis, or Graham as he is known to friends and colleagues, was the second Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, taking over from Sir Bernard Lovell wh...

An international team of scientists, led by a researcher at The University of Manchester, have developed a novel AI (artificial intelligence) approach to distil technical astronomy terminology into simple understandable English in their recent public...

An international team of scientist have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe the pulsing heartbeat of the universe as neutron stars are born and form swirling lightning storms which last for millions of years....

The MeerKAT team is awarded the Group Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy, the highlight being the images of the Galactic Centre region and the spectacular radio bubbles. ...

Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented the most accurate description we have of the polarisation of the emission of the Milky Way at these wave...

The very first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) included a wonderful view of the ‘Southern Ring’, a planetary nebula. A team of astronomers from across the world has studied this image in detail, to see how our own Sun may evolve in ...

The UK has joined an international astronomy mission to search the skies for cosmic origins of the universe.

Independent duo targeted nearby galaxies, galaxy groups and galaxy clusters to extend SETI search to extragalactic distances.

A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of gravitational waves.

Human and machine intelligence worked together to find 40,000 ring galaxies, scientists at the National Astronomy Meeting will announce today.

The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced today.

Jodrell Bank’s ambitious £21.5m development, the First Light Pavilion was officially opened at a special event on the summer solstice, Tuesday 21 June in the company of over 100 esteemed guests.

Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK’s National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, On Space.

An international team of astronomers have for the first time combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes to detect the faint signatures of neutral hydrogen gas across cosmological scales. 

Astronomers in the UK announce today that have established how galaxies like our own Milky Way formed over 10 billion years of cosmic time through an abundance of separate galaxies colliding together....

Jodrell Bank’s newest attraction, the First Light Pavilion opened its doors to visitors for the first time last weekend, with over 1000 people exploring the stunning new building over the Jubilee weekend....

An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every 76 seconds.

More than £15million has been awarded to UK institutions, including The University of Manchester, which are delivering the crucial software ‘brain’ of the world’s largest radio telescope.

A new study by an international team of astrophysicists, led by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has presented the amazing new discovery of a near-identical twin of Jupiter orbiting a star at a colossal distance of 17,000 light years from Ear...

The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank is set to open its highly-anticipated First Light Pavilion on 4 June 2022.

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail.

Astronomers find evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date.

Researchers at The University of Manchester have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

An international research team has today published a detailed analysis of a candidate signal for the since-long sought gravitational wave background (GWB) due to in-spiralling supermassive black-hole binaries. Although a detection cannot be claimed y...

Researchers at The University of Manchester, have been involved in an international collaboration to analyse the age and history of some of the Moon’s youngest lava flows.

A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to an international team of astronomers. New research published today (September 15, 2021) says that a f...

Tantalising evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of ‘free-floating’ planets which may be alone in deep space, unbound to any host star.

The University of Manchester is leading a multi-million pound project to launch a satellite as part of a forthcoming SpaceX mission this coming summer.