by Speedinet | Jun 2, 2025 | Elon Musk, Icasa, MeerKAT, News, Science, Sections, SKA, SKA Organisation, Square Kilometre Array, Starlink
Astronomers working with South Africa’s SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations. by Speedinet | Jan 27, 2025 | Jacinta Delhaize, MeerKAT, News, Science, Sections
MeerKAT’s newest giant radio galaxy find is extraordinary: the plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light years. by Speedinet | Sep 4, 2023 | Alphawave Group, EMSS Antennas, MeerKAT, News, Science, Sections, SKA, SKA Organisation, SKAO, Square Kilometre Array
Stellenbosch-based engineers have received a R200-million contract to produce 60 receivers for the SKA radio telescope. by admin | Sep 3, 2023 | astronomy, cosmology, MeerKAT, News, SKAO, South Africa, space, Space News, The Conversation
Something remarkable is happening in a remote part of South Africa’s Northern Cape province, in a semi-desert area called the Karoo. In the past 15 years 64 radio receiving dishes have appeared on the landscape. These constitute the MeerKAT telescope, a precursor to... by Speedinet | Apr 10, 2023 | James Webb Space Telescope, JWST, MeerKAT, Michelle Lochner, News, Science, Sections, SKA, Square Kilometre Array
Machine learning is helping astronomers work through vasts quantities of data quickly and more accurately than poring over it manually. by admin | Apr 8, 2023 | astronomy, MeerKAT, News, Other Tech News, South Africa, Space News, The Conversation
New telescopes with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution are being unveiled around the world – and beyond. Among them are the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile, and the James Webb Space Telescope, which is parked a million and a half kilometres...