Astronomy’s Fastest Camera Faces Shutdown Over $67K Funding Gap
The high-speed astronomical camera project HiPERCAM has lost its operations grant, forcing a UK-led team to halt routine usage of the instrument, according to University of Sheffield Professor of Astrophysics Vikram Dhillon. Dhillon announced the funding cut on July 21 at the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM2026), stating that the annual shortfall of roughly £50,000 … Read more