Astronomers have solved a cosmic mystery surrounding one of the most extreme stars ever observed.
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The Southern African Large Telescope near Sutherland is celebrating 20 years of observing the sky.
South African scientists have announced that two local telescopes have for the first time detected gravitational waves that are a result of a merging of two neutron stars. The two telescopes are the
Astrophysicists attached to the Southern Africa Large Telescope (Salt) are observing supernovas “almost weekly”, Naledi Pandor, science & technology minister, was told during a tour of the facility
About 3,8bn light years away, a star has exploded with a brightness of 570bn times that of our own sun. If that fails to impress you, consider that this is almost 20 times the output