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'Bursts' of Direct Radio Signal Detected From Beyond Our Solar System for the First Time in History

Astronomers using South Africa's MeerKAT array report radio bursts from Beta Pictoris b, potentially revealing its magnetic field, although the preprint has not yet undergone peer review.

International Business Times UK · Sep 27

3I/ATLAS Update: Search For Extra-terrestrial Tech Fails To Find Signals From Space Object

New MeerKAT radio observations confirm that interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is not sending alien signals, and astronomers have identified the detected frequencies as natural cometary activity.

International Business Times UK · Nov 20, 2025

Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.

LiveScience · Apr 6, 2025

We've used a new technique to discover the brightest radio pulsar outside our own galaxy

When a star explodes and dies in a supernova, it takes on a new life of sorts.

The Conversation · May 2, 2022

Combined power of two telescopes is helping crack the mystery of eerie rings in the sky

When astronomers dream of their ideal telescopes, it’s not that different to what people want from their TVs and computer monitors. Images they produce should be large and high definition, such as those from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), which have ~10k resolution (beyond the typical quality you…

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2022

'Odd radio circles' that baffled astronomers are likely explosions from distant galaxies

In 2019, my colleagues and I discovered spooky glowing rings in the sky using CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope in Western Australia. The rings were unlike anything seen before, and we had no idea what they were.

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2022

‘Odd radio circles’ that baffled astronomers are likely explosions from distant galaxies

Odd radio circles, or ORCs, continue to puzzle us, but new data from South Africa's MeerKAT telescope are helping us solve the mystery.

The New Daily · Mar 21, 2022