Astronomers working with South Africa’s SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations.
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MeerKAT’s newest giant radio galaxy find is extraordinary: the plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light years.
The MeerKAT telescope project has emerged as a beacon of innovation and opportunity on the African continent.
Stellenbosch-based engineers have received a R200-million contract to produce 60 receivers for the SKA radio telescope.
Machine learning is helping astronomers work through vasts quantities of data quickly and more accurately than poring over it manually.
Scientists have found eight strange new signals they can’t yet explain, while South Africa’s MeerKAT has been enlisted in the search for ET.
South African officials and scientists on Monday celebrated a milestone towards building the world’s largest radio astronomy instrument.
The MeerKAT telescope array has begun observations of a million nearby stars, listening for the tell-tale signs of intelligent life.
Visionary scientist Bernie Fanaroff is one of the key individuals responsible for the current growth and strength of astronomy in South Africa.
Odd radio circles, or ORCs, have puzzled astronomers. But new data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope is helping to solve the mystery.