Situated in Cheshire, United Kingdom, the Jodrell Bank Observatory is owned by the University of Manchester, the Observatory opened in 1945 and has been at the forefront of astronomical research for decades. It is the home of the Lovell Telescope, which is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. The telescope weighs 3.200 tonnes!
The observatory tracked United States and Russian crafts during the space race and pioneered radio astronomy, using radio waves instead of visible light to understand the universe.
The observatory becomes the 32nd UNESCO World Heritage Site in the UK and joins the prestigious list alongside international sites such as Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.
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