Astronomer, writer and zookeeper. Oxford, Gresham and the Zooniverse. The human half of the Dog Stars podcast. New book: 'Our Accidental Universe' (UK/rest of world) and 'Accidental Astronomy (US) now out.
Time for Andy Burnham to smile on UK science ft.trib.al/YaGOWfr | opinion
Time for Andy Burnham to smile on UK scienceWaning support for basic research threatens Britain’s technology ambitionsft.trib.al
"The £2.8m annual cost to the purse of the continued running of Jodrell Bank – amounting, by the way, to about 0.03% of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) budget – figures as little more than spare change. The UKRI, I note, has committed £1.6bn towards AI;"
Chris LintottStrongly recommend Sarah Perry on the wonder of Jodrell 🔭 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... 🔭
The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | EditorialEditorial: Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their planswww.theguardian.com
In May 2022, I discovered a planet candidate via Planet Hunters TESS on @zooniverse.bsky.social . Today it is officially confirmed as TOI-5628 Ab, and our paper published in ApJL. I am grateful to Dr. Tianjun Gan for inviting me as a co-author. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... 1/9 🔭 🧪 #exoplanet
What is Jodrell Bank Observatory and what does it do? 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is Jodrell Bank and what does it do?When Jodrell Bank Observatory was built, the site was seen as gamechanger for radio astronomy.www.bbc.co.uk
Good article showing how bad it is in detail. Write to your MPs to support this kind of science!
Dr Dave ClementsMore on the UK funding cuts to science www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Think of all the awesome science-ing we could do with an extra £20M......🧪
Kirsty GraingerEarlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...
The number one reason children are drawn to and inspired by a Jodrell Bank visit is THAT IT IS A WORKING TELESCOPE. They get to meet scientists (like me!) and we all come together to adore the majestic creature that is the Lovell Telescope. 1/2
"UKRI has also cut funding for the UK's involvement in two instruments on the Extremely Large Telescope which is being built in Chile to search for signs of life on other Earth-like worlds"
This is *insane* and I suspect might get reversed given it's both less than 20 miles away from the new Number 10 North and a very conspicuous symbol of UK science and discovery.
James O'MalleyTerrible news. Aside from learning more about the universe, we're not going to get much economic growth by cutting science funding. (If only we had a Prime Minister who was interested in supporting the north, and Manchester in particular, who could stop this.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Terrible news. Aside from learning more about the universe, we're not going to get much economic growth by cutting science funding. (If only we had a Prime Minister who was interested in supporting the north, and Manchester in particular, who could stop this.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.www.bbc.co.uk
There’s a long list of long term hurt to core particle physics and astronomy projects in the STFC prioritisation outcome. Mostly small change compared to new money being thrown at Quantum and AI projects. www.ukri.org/publications...
Explainer: STFC prioritisation outcomes 2026 to 2030www.ukri.orgWhat's grim about this is that the numbers involved are almost comically small – it needs £2.8m! (Can we just cap bus fares at £2.01 instead?)
James O'MalleyTerrible news. Aside from learning more about the universe, we're not going to get much economic growth by cutting science funding. (If only we had a Prime Minister who was interested in supporting the north, and Manchester in particular, who could stop this.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Based on current information, the Cebreros station appears to have remained unharmed. My deepest thanks go to the Spanish emergency services whose efforts helped protect the site as wildfires approached. Left: 24 July 19:57, Right: 25 July 07:54
Large scale human collaboration is as beautiful as the cosmos itself (Galaxy Zoo is a citizen science astronomy project where people classify galaxies, started in 2007 and still going!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_... #astrosky