is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and managed by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. It’s a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array, which will, when it commences science ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope makes groundbreaking discovery of giant radio galaxy, shedding new light on the universe.

A giant galaxy measuring 3.3 million light-years across has been found by astronomers using a radio telescope array in South Africa. One of the largest galaxies ever found, the behemoth is about 1 ...

South Africa’s Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country’s provinces. It is sparsely populated and renowned for its wide open spaces. In the heart of this ...

South Africa has made significant strides in astronomy research and infrastructure, the most recent being the launch of the PRime-focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment (PRIME) telescope in Sutherland ...

In the beginning, about 13.8 billion years ago, there was the “Big Bang,” but then ... a network of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa—has just had its sensitivity ...

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas ... However, a new generation of radio telescopes, including South Africa’s MeerKAT, have turned this idea on its head: in the past five ...

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas ... However, a new generation of radio telescopes, including South Africa's MeerKAT, have turned this idea on its head: in the past five years ...

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas are spiralling around the supermassive black hole and getting pulled in beyond the event horizon and essentially on to the black hole.

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope has identified a massive new radio galaxy, nicknamed Inkathazo, which translates to 'trouble' in both Xhosa and Zulu, due to the difficulty in understanding the ...