A computer-based study is simulating the behaviour of massive cosmic jets in a virtual universe to help us understand how ...

Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope makes groundbreaking discovery of giant radio galaxy, shedding new light on the universe.

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and managed by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. It’s a precursor to ...

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are massive, with plasma jets powered by supermassive black holes at their centers, stretching ...

A major astronomical discovery has just been made using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa. A giant radio galaxy, named Inkathazo, has been identified, with plasma jets extending over phenomenal ...

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary giant radio galaxy, Inkathazo, using South Africa's MeerKAT telescope. This massive galaxy spans more than 3 million light-years, making it more than 30 ...