The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

South Africa has made significant strides in astronomy research and infrastructure, the most recent being the launch of the PRime-focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment (PRIME) telescope in Sutherland ...

MeerKAT will soon form part of the Square Kilometre Array, a $2.2 billion cross-continental complex of radio telescope networks—197 radio dishes in Karoo in South Africa’s Northern Cape and ...

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope makes groundbreaking discovery of giant radio galaxy, shedding new light on the universe.

It is one of two telescopes, together with SKA-Mid in South Africa, being built by a global radio astronomy organisation, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), in what's described as the ...

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

However, a new generation of radio telescopes, including South Africa’s MeerKAT ... It’s a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array, which will, when it commences science operations around ...

Here Is Why you May Want to Add South Africa to your Bucket ListSouth Africa is a bucket-list destination that promises an ...