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Scott Kay
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Professor of Astrophysics, University of Manchester
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We have first light on our Large Aperture Telescope! www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/03/17/s...
After installing our mirrors over the last few weeks, we have started looking at the sky. We are still tuning the telescope, but we can already make maps of objects in the sky, like Mars. ☄️🔭🧪
March 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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NEW: The University of Manchester has signed a university-wide strategic partnership with the University of Texas at Austin.

📃 The partnership paves the way for collaborative research and teaching initiatives between two world-leading universities.

Read more ⬇️

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
March 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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As we are putting the finishing touches on our Large Aperture Telescope 🔭, now might be a good time to explain what science goals it serves. The problem is that there are many to choose from! (Image credit: Mark Devlin) 1/8
February 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Our detection of a cosmic filament in the X-rays with #eROSITA is the feature image of the last issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics !
www.aanda.org/articles/aa/...
#cosmology #xrayastronomy
November 30, 2024 at 10:08 AM