Astronomy News and events

Great new events at the Discovery Centre at Jodrell Bank, see the link below for more details.


Here are great resources from Jodrell Bank,

http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/jodcast/

It is also now has a brand new status in the world on so many different stages, here is one of them,

http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/news-and-events/jodrell-bank-observatory-becomes-unesco-world-heritage-site.htm

For the latest news from this lovely Cheshire radio telescope, read on, http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/news-and-events/

Places to go

As well as Cheshire's Jodrell Bank, there is another fascinating place tucked away on the board of Mid Wales and Herefordshire, Wales' very own asteroid watch...phone first to book a tour.

https://spaceguardcentre.com/


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Asteroid threat - 99942 Apophis

Read the discovery of this interesting asteroid (it probably (haha) won't hit us by the way, so no need to panic, probably!!)  in the following link;

http://www.howcloseisapophis.com/facts.asp

Russia plans to send a satellite with a radio beacon to near-Earth asteroid of 99942 Apophis for finding out how big is a threat of its collision with Earth, the country's Academy of Sciences said in its report on Saturday.

The asteroid is considered by the Russian scientists as the most serious threat to Earth as for now. Read the rest of the account in the following link;

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russia_Plans_to_Bind_Satellite_to_Apophis_Asteroid_999.html