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For the first time, the world's largest network of radio telescopes, EVN, has observed together with South Africa's MeerKAT, the southern hemisphere's most powerful radio telescope.
An international team of astronomers, led by Marcin Glowacki, observed this light, using the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory's MeerKAT telescope.
The MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo region of South Africa, includes an array of 64 radio dishes and has been operational since July 2018.
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Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) joined global celebrations to mark the first light images of the Legacy ...
Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...
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Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
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Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic ...