Jodrell Bank

Trace how Voyager 1 and 2 made extraordinary discoveries and kept sending data from interstellar space for nearly 50 years. Then unpack the Golden Record with new details from a decade-long project, exploring what its message reveals about how we see ourselves.

Explore the universe hidden from normal light as Prof Jessica Dempsey unpacks how a new generation of radio telescopes could transform our understanding of the cosmos. Go behind the engineering challenges and the flood of data these huge instruments will create.

Learn to photograph the night sky in an introductory session led by astronomer and astrophotographer Dr Anthony Holloway. Combine a short lecture with practical camera time to explore the fundamentals; bring a DSLR or compact system camera with full manual controls, plus a tripod.