We use the high sensitivity of the MeerKAT telescope to observe 17 pulsars in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds in addition to five foreground (Galactic) pulsars. We provide polarisation profiles ...

In the absolute omnishambles of the Milky Way galactic center, we've just found a new kind of turbulent structure.

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...

The backdrop shows a visible night sky on the left, with MeerKAT's radio view of the centre of the Milky Way on the right. (Courtesy: SARAO) From its sites in South Africa and Australia, the Square ...

Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can't. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles. The newest generation of radio ...

The MeerKAT radio telescope is near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape. It consists of 64 dishes, each 13.5m in diameter, and is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array project that is likely to be ...

The ghostly ring Kýklos (from the Greek κύκλος, circle or ring) and the object WR16 both show the environment of rare and ...

A Chicago zoo has added a second mob of meerkats to its list of residents. This small mammal was made famous in the early 1990s by Timon in “The Lion King.” Like the beloved animated character ...

Over the next three years, government spending on economic development will be the fastest-growing function at an annual average rate of 8.1%, driven by higher allocations to infrastructure projects.

A radio-wave map of the Milky Way's turbulent center, taken with the MeerKAT telescope ... using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. Although these rotating ...