After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s ...

A collaboration between a leading British supercomputing center and South Africa's national astronomical observatory is using ...

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

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The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is set to embark on a groundbreaking collaboration with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory as it begins observing selected astronomical alerts issued by the ...

The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) has cemented a groundbreaking partnership with the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) through a newly signed Memorandum of ...

South African project was employing AI and digital technologies to automate optical and infrared telescopes and make them ...

The Hartree Centre and SAAO partner on the Intelligent Observatory programme, using AI to automate telescope operations, boost data quality, ...

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As much of the Muslim world prepares to celebrate Eid ul Fitr on Friday, March 20, South Africa has officially aligned with ...

Ethiopia is on the (literal) radar, with Ethiopian Airlines announcing plans to launch direct flights to Australia in 2028 ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C.