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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7338666.stm
Nicholas Owen, from the solar theory group at St Andrews University, summed up the mood last week of astronomers gathered in Belfast for the annual meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Some, especially the younger ones, were resigned to having to get out of astronomy altogether.
Astronomy and fundamental physics in the UK are in the midst of their worst funding crisis for decades.
Nicholas Owen, from the solar theory group at St Andrews University, summed up the mood last week of astronomers gathered in Belfast for the annual meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Some, especially the younger ones, were resigned to having to get out of astronomy altogether.
Astronomy and fundamental physics in the UK are in the midst of their worst funding crisis for decades.