Participants in the 6th Big Data Africa School which took place in Cape Town from 5 to 10 October 2026. The South African ...

The MeerKLASS Collaboration reports their first measurement of the large-scale clustering of cosmic hydrogen, advancing a ...

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Astronomers have found the first convincing “microblazar” in our Galaxy — a star with a black hole orbiting around it, firing a beam of near-light-speed matter almost straight towards Earth. Its ...

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project will build two supercomputers that would be the joint sixth fastest in the world if they were finished today, according to Top500. The supercomputers are being ...

Astronomers may have just confirmed one of the most bizarre aspects of quantum physics: that seemingly empty space can alter the behaviour of light. This phenomenon, called ‘vacuum birefringence’, was ...

University of Pretoria-led team opens a new frontier using the power of MeerKAT and strong gravitational lensing Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most ...

This two-day MeerKAT pulsar timing workshop, hosted for the first time in September 2021, introduces students to pulsar timing science, including the required softwares and data analysis techniques ...

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A South African–UK team traces neutral hydrogen gas across billions of light-years, a key step towards mapping the large-scale structure of the Universe. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — An international ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden structure in the Universe that had remained concealed behind the dust and stars of our own Milky Way galaxy. Using a new hybrid technique that combines ...