Tag: South Africa
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MeerKAT Detects Ancient Hydrogen Signal, Advancing Three-Dimensional Cosmic Mapping
Astronomers using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope have detected faint hydrogen emissions that travelled roughly four to five billion years to Earth, demonstrating a way to study cosmic structure without relying on optical galaxy surveys. Announced on September 1, 2026, the result draws on approximately 96 hours of observations and measures hydrogen at two redshifts,…
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Russian-built spy satellite rockets out of underground silo
A Strela rocket soars from an underground missile silo Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. View more launch photos below the story. Credit: Roscosmos A Strela rocket carrying a Russian-built radar surveillance satellite built for an undisclosed foreign customer sprung out of an underground silo in Kazakhstan and fired into orbit Friday. The Kondor…