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 ...

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 ...

Physicists and scientists gathered in Hong Kong to map out past, present and future discoveries in mathematics, life sciences ...

Local experts confirm that 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor, behaves like a comet, dispelling theories of artificial origins ...

As South African scientists continue to unlock the secrets of the cosmos, their findings fuel an increasingly vibrant ...

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 ...

MeerKAT radio telescope detected hydroxyl (OH) absorption lines from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, marking its first confirmed radio detection and providing new data on its molecular composition.

New images made with a South African radio telescope show violent fireworks — past and present — in our galaxy's core. The South African MeerKAT telescope made this image of the innermost core of the ...

MeerKAT and NASA's Swift detected OH signals from 3I/ATLAS, confirming it's outgassing water-related molecules.

A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa. The record-breaking find is the most distant megamaser of its kind ever detected, at ...

A powerful telescope in South Africa has detected a space laser, known as a "megamaser," that is 5 billion lightyears from Earth. Scientists named it Nkalakatha, an isiZulu word meaning "big boss." ...