Across the Universe ; David Clensy Meets the Bristol Academics Who Have Their Focus Fixed On the Distance - That Is, Some of the Farthest Distances Ever Witnessed by Mankind

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At first glance, the astrophysics department at the University of Bristol doesn't seem like the sort of place where anything extraordinary happens.

The quiet, rather old-fashioS ned corridors have all the trappings of dusty academia. Names of professors on doors. Notice boards heavy with all the pinned up student memos for the new term. Flickering fluorescent lighting.

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Across the Universe ; David Clensy Meets the Bristol Academics Who Have Their Focus Fixed On the Distance - That Is, Some of the Farthest Distances Ever Witnessed by Mankind

But here, hidden deep in this thoughtful world, something extraordinary has been happening - something that will bring new meaning to the expression "distance learning".

For it is here, in these quiet offices, wS ith windows overlooking the Bristol sprawl, that two academics have had t...

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