SARAO Science News

Explore this dynamic collection of science news articles, interviews, features, and opinion pieces that highlight our impact, expertise, and contributions across various platforms.

Watch: MeerKAT Radio Telescope | Technological development in SA | Pontsho Maruping

February 23, 2024 –

MeerKAT+: the MeerKAT Extension – The handover of the first dish of the MeerKAT extension signals an important milestone towards the construction of the Square Kilometre Array

February 21, 2024 –

The RATT PARROT: serendipitous discovery of a peculiarly scintillating pulsar in MeerKAT imaging observations of the Great Saturn – Jupiter Conjunction of 2020. I. Dynamic imaging and data analysis

February 21, 2024 –

The SKA-MPIfR Telescope in South Africa is ready for science operations

January 25, 2024 –

Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object at the boundary between black holes and neutron stars

January 18, 2024 –

Low-cost radio telescope brings new research and training opportunities for African scientists

October 10, 2023 –

Watch: The MeerKAT radio telescope at a glance | How South Africa endeavours to become a global player in the knowledge economy

August 24, 2023 –

The first data release from the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS)

August 24, 2023 –

SARAO HOSTS MEERKAT @ 5 YEARS CONFERENCE IN 2024

August 4, 2023 –

Watch: Bursts from Space MeerKAT Citizen Science Online Training

August 3, 2023 –

Bursts from Space: Citizen Science Project

July 28, 2023 –

Bursts from Space: Citizen Science Project – Contribute to science

July 28, 2023 –

All Bursts from Space: MeerKAT Collections

July 24, 2023 –

The South African National Ventilator Project (NVP)

June 24, 2023 –

South African Telescopes contribute to discovery of a new white dwarf pulsar

June 19, 2023 –

How astronomers used MeerKAT to uncover ‘Sauron’

April 10, 2023 –

SARAO E-Learning Portal

April 6, 2023 –

SARAO hosts 4th Big Data Africa School drawing synergies between radio astronomy and biomedical imaging

March 28, 2023 –

SARAO High Performance Computing Overview

February 24, 2023 –

MeerKAT discovers a distant galaxy has very large hydrogen atoms

February 15, 2023 –

Stay Connected to the Latest in Radio Astronomy: Follow SARAO on Facebook!

February 10, 2023 –

Where are the MeerKAT telescopes located in South Africa?

February 6, 2023 –

MeerKAT Grand Tour Data Science workshop held at Rhodes University

January 25, 2023 –

SARAO has invested in a system to track aircraft and other airborne instruments with passive radar

January 16, 2023 –

MeerKAT telescope team honoured with prestigious Royal Astronomical Society Award

January 13, 2023 –

SKA Observatory celebrates start of telescope construction in Australia and South Africa

December 5, 2022 –

Extraterrestrial signal search is underway using the southern hemisphere’s biggest radio telescope

December 1, 2022 –

How does radio astronomy work?

November 12, 2022 –

Watch: Drone Footage of the Meerkat Telescopes installation at Carnarvon