By searching sparsely populated regions of the galaxy, astronomers have for the first time found the source of a kind of signal that has puzzled them for years.
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The first International Astronomical Union General Assembly was held just over 100 years ago, in Rome, Italy.
A slowly flickering source of radio waves that changes over time might be a neutron star or a white dwarf – but its behaviour doesn’t quite fit any of our theories.
MeerKAT has made remarkable contributions to South African and international science.
An attempt to study gas in one galaxy with the MeerKAT radio telescope detected 49 other galaxies instead.
Machine learning is becoming an indispensable tool in astronomy by sorting through enormous datasets from telescopes.
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Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of the Western Cape
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Research Associate, Curtin University
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Staff Scientist at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and Senior Lecturer in Astronomy, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Research Scientist, Space and Astronomy, CSIRO
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Distinguished Professor at the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa
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Radio Astronomer, Curtin University
