Local researchers make ‘monumental discovery’ By Staff Writer, ITWebJohannesburg, 22 Jan 2025The MeerKAT has proven to be a revolutionary tool for exploring the southern sky. The University of Cape ...

At just 10 years old, Grade 5 student John Mariñas from Oriental Mindoro has already showcased exceptional knowledge in science by winning a gold medal at the 6th Copernicus Olympiad, held in Houston, ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside our galaxy.

Around 2015, astronomers took on the painstaking task of stitching together Hubble Space Telescope images of this galaxy, but that effort had focused on the galaxy's northern half. Still, however, the ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

In a remarkable stride forward for astrophysics, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the powerful MeerKAT ...

Astronomers have traced a mysterious fast radio burst to an unexpected place — an ancient, massive galaxy far removed from ...

Star-forming galaxies, including ours, are rich in elements — and secrets. Stars come to life fastest in the early histories of such galaxies, but this process doesn’t last at such a high rate ...

This galaxy existed when the universe was only 600 million years old — just 5 percent of its current age. What makes this particular galaxy so extraordinary is that most galaxies found at this ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Why it's so special: This image of a spiral galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is a portrait more than two decades in the making. Like most full-color images of space objects, it's a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.