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

Using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa, an international team of astronomers has detected 26 new Galactic radio transients. Most of them turned out to be rotating radio transients (RRATs).

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

Astronomers discover Inkathazo, a massive giant radio galaxy spanning 3 million light-years, using South Africa's MeerKAT telescope, challenging our understanding of cosmic structures.

Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known structures in the Universe.

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

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, consists of 64 radio dishes, and is operated by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory.

The newly-discovered giant radio galaxy 'Inkathazo'. The glowing plasma jets, as seen by the MeerKAT telescope, are shown in red and yellow. The starlight from other surrounding galaxies can be seen ...

Published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the discovery by University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers and South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope features contributions from ...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers and South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope have made a “monumental discovery” of a rare giant radio galaxy. The galaxy has been named Inkathazo ...

They were considered rare. However, a new generation of radio telescopes, including South Africa’s MeerKAT, have turned this idea on its head: in the past five years about 11,000 giants have ...