Observatories on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking 2024 YR4 to refine its trajectory. In 2022, UH was instrumental ...

The discovery was published on Jan 17 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a peer-reviewed scientific ...

is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and managed by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. It’s a precursor ...

They can also travel over large distances without excessive ... and the SKA-Mid telescope, being built in South Africa. They will be used to answer a wide variety of astronomical questions ...

The African lion, Panthera leo, can grow to eight feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds.Lions are some of the most social of the big cats, living in groups of 2-30 called prides. While females will ...

Project Phoenix’ was initiated by small research organisation known as the SETI Institute. But it was lucky to get off the ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

In an effort to boost the country’s exoplanet discovery and time-domain astronomy capabilities, the South African Astronomical Observatory ... is a cutting-edge 1.8-meter wide-field telescope equipped ...

A mirror is seen at the site where European Southern Observatory (ESO) is constructing the world's largest optical telescope atop a mountain in Chile's arid Atacama desert, in Chile, January 26, 2025.

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the universe's first stars. Scheduled to be operational by 2028, this €1.45 ...

Here’s what is happening and affecting South Africa today: New galaxy discovery: The Karoo-based MeerKAT telescope has discovered a new galaxy 32 times the size of Earth’s galaxy. It was ...

The telescope is expected to be the largest optical-infrared facility in the world for decades. The mirrors are ready and awaiting installation. "This is a major challenge," said Tobias Muller ...