Radio astronomy gets grant boost

The BBC reports that scientists from the University of Manchester are to benefit from a 10m-euro grant designed to support radio astronomy across Europe.

The university's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics co-ordinates RadioNet - a network of the major radio astronomy observatories across Europe.

The money will support research into multi-pixel radio cameras and analysing signals received by radio telescopes. The project will also organise workshops and schools for students.

"Over the past five years, RadioNet has transformed radio astronomy in Europe," said Professor Phil Diamond, director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

Read the full BBC News report at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/
manchester/7965873.stm

This year AMSAT-UK will be holding their International Space Colloquium at the University of Manchester from Friday July 24th to Sunday 26th July.

Further details at http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium