Big discoveries and sharper pictures for growing MeerKAT telescope
THE MEERKAT telescope turned its eyes to deep space for the first time last year, and this year has produced even more captivating images with...
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2017 SCIENCE BUDGET GOES UP, BUT THE MONEY BUYS LESS
by Sarah Wild
Analysis On paper, South Africa’s science and technology budget continues to edge up. On Wednesday, finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his national budget to Parliament,...
It starts with oneself – you need to love what you are doing
Janathon De Klerk calls herself the Astronomer of the Karroo in line with her ambition to become a radio astronomer at the Square Kilometre Array...
MeerKAT science: First Light
MeerKAT science: First Light THE MEERKAT radio telescope opened its eyes for the very first time last month and with the science being done, produced...
I-MeerKAT Ithola Obekungaziwa eMkhathini
UMSHINI wokucwaninga izinkanyezi ozoba omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni uvulwe ngokomthetho esifundazweni se-Northern Cape ngoMgqibelo odlule. Lomshini wakhiwa abacwaningi nonjiniyela bakhona la eNingizimu Afrika. Ukuvulwa kwalomshini...
MeerKAT Puts South Africa on the Map
TOP government officials bore witness to the launch of what is on its way to being the most powerful telescope in the world. The...
The nuts and bolts that make up the KAT-7 #Scibraai Monday Menu
Do you want to get up to speed with what’s been happening in the Karoo since the construction of the first KAT-7 radio telescopes started?...
“Puff adders don’t smell … like anything” – meerkats, dogs
by Anina Mumm
These little guys learn much faster than dogs apparently, at least when it comes to learning how to pick out a snake’s scent from a...
Die seun van Soweto en die ‘SKA-babas’
by Elsabé Brits
CARNARVON. – Min mense kan sê hulle is ’n teleskoop-operateur. Kabelo Montshiwa (29), wat in Soweto grootgeword het en nou in die Moederstad woon, kan...
Karoo in rep en roer met bou van MeerKAT-skottelantennas
by Elsabé Brits
Die Karoo-landskap 85 km van Carnarvon sal oor twee jaar besaai wees met 64 skottelantennas wat elk byna 20 m hoog staan. Alles is reeds bestel om...