Oil giant Shell’s plans to prospect for shale gas in the Karoo could affect SA’s bid to build the world’s biggest radio telescope, MPs heard on Wednesday. Science and technology deputy director-general Val Munsami said
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The universe still holds many mysteries. The SA engineers and scientists working at bringing the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to SA are hoping
SA’s bid to host the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), could bring the country as much as €200m (R1,9bn) a year. This according to an inter-ministerial committee, which is leading SA’s bid for the project.
Astronomers from around the world were queuing up to use SA’s MeerKAT radio telescope, the project team said on Thursday. Even though MeerKAT was still five years from being operational, more than 43 000 hours of observing time had already been allocated
A remote spot in SA’s Karoo desert has taken a first step towards hosting one of the most powerful scientific…
Astronomers and funding agencies will next year assess sites in SA and Australia and recommend which one be chosen as…
President Jacob Zuma has outlined the technology benefits that would flow for Africa if SA were to beat Australia to…