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Future of UK's largest telescope to be 'explored'1 day agoJODRELL BANK/ MANCHESTER UNIVERSITYFuture funding for the site is currently uncertainThe government has said it is "exploring" long-term options for Jodrell Bank Observatory, home to the UK's largest telescope, after its future was put at risk. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the House of Commons on Thursday that the facility had a "secure future" and he had recently met staff at the University of Manchester, which runs the project, to explore potential solutions. But in September, Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged he would find a way to save the telescope. The Lovell telescope, which has stood at the site near Knutsford since 1957, is the third largest of its kind in the world. With a diameter of 250ft (76.2m), the instrument is part of a network of telescopes called e-Merlin across the UK, which have been pivotal in the country's study of distant galaxies and training future astronomers.'Science-based decision'Addressing the Commons, Reynolds said: "The Prime Minister and I have been clear that Jodrell Bank has a secure future.