After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

A record-breaking cosmic signal detected by South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope is signalling a deeper shift in where frontier ...

A razor-thin spike of radio light, tuned to a wavelength of about 18 centimeters, just traveled more than 8 billion light-years and still arrived loud enough to stand out in MeerKAT’s data. That ...

As the due date for this year’s Chassidus in Color Education Edition rapidly approaches, we take a look back at last year’s award ceremony and gallery exhibition.

Astronomers using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope have confirmed a persistent hydroxyl gigamaser signal originating ...

A thin, stubbornly bright line showed up in data from the MeerKAT radio telescope that did not fit the usual rules of ...

MeerKAT hydroxyl megamaser reveals a record signal from 8 billion light-years away, magnified by lensing in a merging galaxy.

MOTHRA observing at night. Each mount is equipped with a wide area web cam. Besides the mount in the foreground two others ...

Construction has begun on a new telescope designed to map one of the universe’s ...

This incredible close-up lens is now on display at The Photography and Video Show 2026 ...

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams prepared the International Space Station for the addition a new solar array during a spacewalk on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

The VCSEL is an indispensable source in modern optoelectronics, where it is valued for its high beam quality, low threshold current, and compatibility with wafer-level processing.