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The ensemble of the dishes forming South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope is seen in Carnarvon on July 16, 2016. – Even operating at a quarter of its eventual capacity, South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope showed off its phenomenal power on July 16, revealing 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known before. The image released Saturday was the first from MeerKAT, where 16 dishes were formally commissioned the same day. (Photo by MUJAHID SAFODIEN / AFP)
ASTRONOMY

UCT astronomers discover first dark cloud without host galaxy

It is hoped the MeerKAT telescope will lead to more discoveries on the evolution of galaxies

  • Marcia Zali
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