A huge new telescope array in South Africa has just returned its stunning first image, giving us a glimpse into the distant universe. Called MeerKAT, this radio telescope array currently has 16 dishes ...

Scientists discovered 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025, making it the third interstellar object ever detected passing through our ...

The Minister for Science and Technology of South Africa and the President of the Max-Planck-Society (MPG) today announced that the MPG and the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn ...

A new radio astronomical receiver project of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy has received full funding by the Max Planck Society. The scientific defined frequency range from 1.6 to 3.5 ...

The MeerKAT radio telescope array is finally up and running in South Africa, after a decade of design and construction. To show off what the facility can do, astronomers have pointed all 64 antennas ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

What is the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)? The SKA will be the world’s largest radio telescope when it comes online in the coming decade. It will consist of thousands of dishes and antennas spread out ...

Prina Patel works for SKA South Africa. She receives funding from SKA South Africa. She is affiliated with SKA South Africa and The University of the Western Cape. Something hugely important is ...

A telescope built in South Africa is revealing new details about the Milky Way. “It’s the clearest view ever made of the center of our galaxy,” chief scientist Fernando Camilo said of images produced ...

A South African radio telescope has revealed hundreds of galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 had been seen before. The images, taken by MeerKAT telescope, are an indication of the ...