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.
Browsing: Square Kilometre Array
The 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union kicked off on Tuesday in Cape Town.
Canada has pledged C$269-million towards the Square Kilometre Array being built by South Africa and Australia.
Stellenbosch-based engineers have received a R200-million contract to produce 60 receivers for the SKA radio telescope.
Communities around the SKA radio telescope have had to pay the price of progress: losing their connectivity. Until now.
Machine learning is helping astronomers work through vasts quantities of data quickly and more accurately than poring over it manually.
South African officials and scientists on Monday celebrated a milestone towards building the world’s largest radio astronomy instrument.
SA NREN has received a huge upgrade, giving universities as well as scientific and research institutions access to significantly improved performance.
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.