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MeerKAT: The South African radio telescope that's transformed our understanding of the cosmos
It's fostered scientific collaboration. It is also nurturing local talent. MeerKAT, which is among South Africa's largest scientific infrastructure projects of the 30 year period since democracy ...
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Radio Telescopes Are Revealing a Trove of Faint Circular Objects in The Sky
This HII region is seen to coexist with the reflection nebula, sharing the same stellar centre, and is created from the star ...
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo welcomes three new meerkats
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born ...
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Africa: Black Holes Spew Out Powerful Jets That Span Millions of Light-Years - We're Trying to Understand Their Whole Life Cycle
Analysis - There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy - including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in ...
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Thirty years of the Square Kilometre Array: here’s what the world’s largest radio telescope project has achieved so far
When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and ...
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The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society
In addition, the MeerKAT team have supported the development of science and technology in Africa and stress-tested technology for the Square Kilometre Array. MeerKAT is a radio telescope consisting of ...