MeerKAT - SA can be proud

[RedViking]

That's great. Now build new Eskom please. Something that is actually urgent.

 

[upup]

sure if the ANC were in charge of it
the telescope would be used for making braaivleis by now.

search for nearest kfc and nando's

 

[Binary_Bark]

Astronomers Using MeerKAT Spot a Cosmic Laser Halfway Across the Universe​

The Universe is full of surprises, including a fascinating type of "space laser" known as Mega-Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (megamasers). More specifically, hydroxyl megamasers (OHMs) are extremely bright radio-wavelength emissions produced when gas-rich galaxies collide. This compresses the gas and stimulates large reservoirs of hydroxyl molecules (-OH) to amplify radio emissions. Using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, astronomers discovered a hydroxyl megamaser located in a violent galactic merger more than 8 billion light-years away.

Astronomers Using MeerKAT Spot a Cosmic Laser Halfway Across the Universe

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a new radio astronomy frontier.

www.universetoday.com