The Karoo Array Telescope, or MeerKAT, is a demonstrator radio telescope which is already being built.
Africa Reaches Beyond Stars to Explore the Universe
At the UN climate change talks in Durban, South Africa's science and technology minister, Naledi Pandor, tells AllAfrica about Africa's bid to host the world's most powerful radio telescope, and how it reflects the continent's intellectual heritage.
The Karoo Array Telescope, or MeerKAT, is a demonstrator radio telescope which is already being built.
The Karoo Array Telescope, or MeerKAT, is a demonstrator radio telescope which is already being built.
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South Africa: Africa Shoots Beyond Stars in Radio Telescope Bid
allAfrica, 6 December 2011
South Africa's science and technology minister, Naledi Pandor, reflects a face of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which is often eclipsed by populist rhetoric, party… Read more »
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South Africa: With the Name 'Star', Science Minister Aims for the Heavens
allAfrica, 6 December 2011
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology, is leading an African bid to build the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a pioneering radio telescope that aims to… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Could Host the World's Most Powerful Telescope
Guardian Network, 14 September 2011
Sitting in a white prefab hut, Lindsay Magnus punches a code into a computer beneath bands of red, green and blue representing the Centaurus A galaxy. Beyond the window, seven… Read more »
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South Africa: Nation Bids for Massive Telescope
IPS, 17 June 2011
Innovative research and development in mathematics and science could spur African economic growth, according to South African astrophysicist Bernard Fanaroff. Read more »
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South Africa: Another Milestone for KAT-7 Telescope
SA Info, 29 September 2011
The Square Kilometre Array South Africa team have reached another milestone with the completion of the seven antennas of the prototype KAT-7 and the delivery of the telescope's… Read more »
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1 July 2011
Was Einstein Right About Gravity?
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- Square Kilometre Array/johannabowler's Channel
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The Square Kilometre Array promises to revolutionise science by answering some of the most fundamental questions that remain about the origin, ... see more »
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1 July 2011
Square Kilometre Array Animation 2010
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- SKA Africa
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An animnation showing how South Africa would build the world's most powerful radio telescope, including a series of dishes across a remote western ... see more »
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1 July 2011
South Africa's MeerKAT Telescope
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- SKA Africa
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An animated presentation showing South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope. The MeerKAT array, currently taking shape in South Africa's ... see more »
This map shows where the thousands of dish-like antennae and other infrastructure of the telescope would be situated.
