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16 February 2012

After the Storm!
Gale force winds which exceeded 60 mph and battered the UK on the 3rd and 5th January 2012 unfortunately didn't spare the LOFAR UK 608 station at the STFC Chilbolton Observatory....
05 January 2012

After 17 years Chilbolton's "dish" finally gets a good and proper wash!
Nearly a thousand litres of paint later, and after more than four months of hard effort by ten men, a bright and fresh 25m antenna, known locally to its home at STFC's Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire as "the dish", has been unveiled by Caroline Nokes MP....
08 December 2011

Revolutionary navigation system for future Mars rovers
An autonomous navigation system that will enable a future planetary rover vehicle to be in complete control of its own actions as it explores the surface of Mars is being designed by top-calibre scientists and engineers at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory....
08 November 2011

Physicists shed new light on supernova mystery
Physicists have a new theory on the mysterious mechanism that causes the explosion of massive, or core, stars. These "Type II supernovae", the term given to exploding core stars, are huge and spectacular events - intriguing because for a short time they emit as much light.....
05 October 2011

Cosmic Vision: UK set to unlock the secrets of the Sun and search for dark energy
With funding from the UK Space Agency, space scientists and industry partners in the UK are set to benefit from two European Space Agency (ESA) projects - Euclid and Solar Orbiter....