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...
Tag : Square Kilometer Array
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?...
Eight water data projects from last weekend’s SKAHack
by AdminBraai
While the past week may have seen massive downpours, it doesn’tmean the drought and water shortages are over. This is why Geekulcha hosted its most recent...
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...
Blind astronomer turns data into beautiful sounds – Scifest 2015
by Paul Kennedy
It’s impossible to describe the incandescent beauty of the Milky Way on a clear night, especially if you can get away from the city lights....
Mitologie en wetenskap vat hande
by Elsabé Brits
Die kunsprojek waarin inheemse mitologie en verhale oor die kosmos hande vat met die wetenskap, open vandeesweek in die Moederstad. Die internasionale Square Kilometre Array-projek...
What price a peek at the galaxy?
by Sarah Wild
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) scientists and engineers are at this moment trying to predict what the world will look like in 2020. More than 350...
Bernie Fanaroff searched the stars, but this reticent man remains unknown
by Sarah Wild
By the sounds of it, South Africa stumbled into bidding to host the largest radio telescope in the world. Everyone will tell you that the SKA...
Science Voices: Astrophysical jets in distant galaxy could teach us physics
by AdminBraai
In the dark and cold chasm of space, huge jets of charged particles erupt around a super-massive black hole, writes Arvind Ramessur, a MSc candidate at the...