South Africa’s Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country’s provinces. It is sparsely…
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Something remarkable is happening in a remote part of South Africa’s Northern Cape province, in a semi-desert area called the…
New telescopes with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution are being unveiled around the world – and beyond. Among them are the Giant…
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array has already amassed quite a string of feats. It has provided new information about…
MeerKAT, if you’ve been paying attention, is South Africa’s newest radio telescope array. Part of the ongoing Square Kilometre Array…
When astronomers dream of their ideal telescopes, it’s not that different to what people want from their TVs and computer…
In 2019, my colleagues and I discovered spooky glowing rings in the sky using CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope in Western Australia. The…
Galaxies – massive collections of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems – are a fundamental component…