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By SARAO Comms In a thrilling showcase of creativity, innovation, and engineering prowess, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) hosted the 2023 FIRST Lego League Northern Cape Provincial Robotics […]
Media Release – Wednesday 11 October 2023 Scientists and engineers from nine African countries, including South Africa, have converged at Rhodes University in Makhanda to share knowledge in building a […]
In the run up to the 15th BRICS Summit that was held in Johannesburg this week, the China Global Television Network (CGTN) filmed a feature on SARAO titled “Echoes of […]
The vast expanse of the observable universe is home to countless galaxies. Many of these galaxies have supermassive black holes (SMBHs), which become active when gas infalling towards the black […]
Engineering Consultancy group Zutari was this week awarded the winner in the “Projects ranging between R50m to less than R250m” category for the SKA MeerKAT Extension project at the Consulting […]
The discovery of a rare type of spinning white dwarf star in a binary star system – only the second one known – provides a new understanding of the role […]
Professor Justin Jonas, Chief Technologist at SARAO and System Scientist at SKAO, delivered an inaugural lecture at Rhodes University, Makhanda after being bestowed with the inaugural esteemed Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Award […]
This year has seen the return of SARAO’s hosting of the Big Data Africa School after a pause of more than three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 4th […]
The SARAO Human Capital Development department launched the World Robotics Olympiad in the Northern Cape last month at Carnarvon High School. At the launch training was provided to educators where […]
While using the MeerKAT radio telescope to study a distant galaxy towards PKS 1830-211, scientists discovered something unexpected: gas clouds made up of some of the largest hydrogen atoms in […]
SARAO is leading South Africa’s involvement in the SKA on behalf of the Department of Science & Innovation.
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