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.

Astronomers detect largest radio jet in early universe, double the width of the Milky Way, from a quasar formed within ...

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 ...

MeerKAT has already played a key role in uncovering some of the hidden treasures of the southern sky since it became operational in 2018, and in addit ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it "Inkathazo," or ...

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 ...

Astronomers discover Inkathazo, a massive giant radio galaxy spanning 3 million light-years, using South Africa's MeerKAT ...

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope has discovered a massive new radio galaxy spanning more than 32 times the size of the Milky Way, a researcher revealed Saturday. "MeerKAT's newest giant radio ...