Astrophysics Research at Jodrell Bank Observatory 2006 - 2011

所有拟议研究的主要目的是增加我们对宇宙的了解，包括它的主要组成部分，以及它自形成以来是如何演变的。最先进的内部发展为曼彻斯特大学的尖端天体物理研究奠定了基础。所要求的支持是开发这项技术，然后利用它来理解一系列现象，从附近的脉冲星(打开了对爱因斯坦广义相对论的新见解)到宇宙微波背景(揭示了宇宙大爆炸起源后最早阶段的条件)。

The main purpose of all the proposed research is to increase our understanding of the Universe, both of its main constituents, and of how it has evolved since its formation. State-of-the-art in-house development underpin the cutting-edge astrophysics research at the University of Manchester. The support requested is to develop this technology and then to exploit it to understand a range of phenomena from nearby pulsars (opening up new insights on Einstein's theory General Relativity) to the Cosmic Microwave Background (which reveals the conditions in the earliest stages after the Big Bang origin of the Universe).